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Elon Musk, Cardi B & More Stars React to Donald Trump, Kamala Harris Election Results
President Joe Biden will everlastingly beryllium grateful for Kamala Harris.
After Vice President Harris lost the 2024 U.S. Presidential election to Donald Trump, Biden shared however arrogant helium was of his 2020 moving mate, who accepted the nomination after he exited the contention successful July.
"What America saw contiguous was the Kamala Harris I cognize and profoundly admire," Biden said successful a Nov. 6 statement. "She's been a tremendous spouse and nationalist servant afloat of integrity, courage, and character."
The 46th president added however amazed helium was by Harris, who "stepped up and led a historical run that embodied what's imaginable erstwhile guided by a beardown motivation compass and a wide imaginativeness for a federation that is much free, much just, and afloat of much opportunities for each Americans."
Biden noted that selecting her arsenic his VP "was the precise archetypal decision" helium made erstwhile helium ran successful 2020, and helium considers it "the champion determination I made."
"She volition proceed the combat with purpose, determination, and joy," helium said. "She volition proceed to beryllium a champion for each Americans. Above all, she volition proceed to beryllium a person our children volition look up to for generations to travel arsenic she puts her stamp connected America's future."
Ahead of Biden's statement, Harris conceded the contention successful a heartfelt speech at her alma mater Howard University successful Washington D.C., wherever she told the assembled crowd, "The result of this predetermination is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, but perceive maine erstwhile I say: the airy of America's committedness volition ever pain agleam arsenic agelong arsenic we ne'er springiness up and arsenic agelong arsenic we support fighting."
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And the 60-year-old further elaborate her speech with Trump earlier successful the day. Sharing that she "congratulated him connected his victory," Harris added, "I told him that we volition assistance him and his squad with that modulation and we volition prosecute successful a peaceful transportation of power."
With the 270 electoral votes indispensable to triumph the election, Trump volition go the 47th president of the U.S. successful January, serving alongside moving mate JD Vance. He antecedently served arsenic the 45th president with Vice President Mike Pence from 2017 to 2021. (He is besides the archetypal impeached president to question re-election.)
Shortly earlier NBC News projected his win, the 78-year-old shared however grateful helium was to those who had supported his candidacy.
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"I privation to convey the American radical for the bonzer grant of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president," the erstwhile world prima said astatine a Nov. 6 run enactment astatine Florida's Palm Beach Convention Center, per NBC News. "This was a question similar nary 1 has ever seen before. Frankly, I judge this was the top governmental question of each time."
VP-elect Vance was arsenic thankful, telling his moving mate, "I admit you allowing maine to articulation you connected this unthinkable journey."
The 40-year-old added, "I deliberation we conscionable witnessed the top governmental comeback successful the past of the United States of America."
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