Kamala Harris officially concedes election in phone call with Donald Trump
Topics: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Politics, World News
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Topics: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Politics, World News
Vice-President Kamala Harris has reportedly broken her silence after picking up the phone and calling President-Elect Donald Trump.
The call is monumental for the Democratic nominee as it officially means that she has conceded to losing to the Republican Party candidate - who is set to become the US's 47th president.
According to CBS News, the vice-president has 'emphasised the peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans', citing a senior official close to Harris.
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Harris is expected to address the public when she delivers remarks at Howard University later today.
It comes as Trump just took swing state Michigan to add to his already impressive collection of key battlegrounds that he has already taken - in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, and notably taking four of the five electoral votes in the hotly-contested state of Nebraska.
Before the election, it was billed to be one of the closest races in presidential history, but the 78-year-old is reportedly on track to steal every single one - as he's leading in the two remaining swing states, Nevada and Arizona.
While only 270 electoral votes were needed to move into the White House and take charge of the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, when President Joe Biden's four-year term will come to an end, Trump currently sits on 291 - with Harris on 222.
It will be Trump's second term in charge, after being voted out at the last election, having only began his political career with the Republican Party nine years ago.
Unlike Harris, Trump was rather less elegant and graceful when he found out he lost to President Biden.
He took to Twitter to make claims of alleged voter fraud, however, the Trump campaign failed to prove these claims, NBC reported at the time.
In a statement, Trump alleged that Biden's 'media allies' were 'are trying so hard to help him', adding: "I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands."
Following this, riots broke out on January 6 as MAGA supporters, QAnon conspiracy theorists stormed the Capitol in response to the election - with a judge ruling that Trump could potentially be sued after he called on them to 'fight like hell', which District Judge Amit Mehta said could 'reasonably be viewed as a call for collective action'.
An inquiry later ruled that Trump's tweet, posted at 01.42 local time on December 19, 2020, caused the aggression in the US capital.
His tweet read: "Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild."
But with Harris losing, it means the US will have to wait even longer before a woman runs the Oval Office.