Democrats are mourning the lack of the 2024 presidential race as Donald Trump has formally reached the 270 Electoral Faculty votes wanted to safe the White Home.
Whereas Democratic nominee and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris is but to concede her loss, Democrats throughout America are already selecting aside what went unsuitable for her marketing campaign, which started in the summertime following President Joe Biden‘s exit from the race. The outcome bucked the expectation of a narrow victory for either side, with Trump being victorious in several key battleground states like Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
CNN’s nationwide political correspondent Alex Thompson reported this morning {that a} longtime Democratic operative mentioned “we sleepwalked into disaster” and that Harris did “nearly as good of a job as she may have accomplished.”
In accordance with CNN, a supply near the marketing campaign mentioned this morning: “Please give the Harris marketing campaign time to outline their very own strengths and weaknesses.”
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Official phrase from Harris’s marketing campaign group is but to come back. Her marketing campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond informed supporters at a would-be victory rally at Howard College in Washington DC that the vice chairman would make a press release in the present day.
Democrat supporters from outdoors political circles have additionally shared their emotions concerning the outcome on social media.
Writer Stephen King, a fierce critic of Trump, wrote on X, previously Twitter: “There is a signal you possibly can see in lots of outlets that promote lovely however fragile gadgets: LOVELY TO LOOK AT, DELIGHTFUL TO HOLD, BUT ONCE YOU BREAK IT, THEN IT’S SOLD. You may say the identical about democracy.”
There is a signal you possibly can see in lots of outlets that promote lovely however fragile gadgets: LOVELY TO LOOK AT, DELIGHTFUL TO HOLD, BUT ONCE YOU BREAK IT, THEN IT’S SOLD.
You may say the identical about democracy.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 6, 2024
Wendell Pierce, an actor and director who starred in political advertisements for Harris, thanked the vice chairman and mentioned she was “pragmatic, deliberate, insightful, inspiring, and constructive.”
“Madame Vice President you ran a terrific marketing campaign. In 107 days you launched your self to the American individuals and outlined what disqualified your opponent,” he wrote on X. “I’m honored to have been part of this marketing campaign and I stay up for working with you additional to guard our democracy and kind a extra excellent union.
Movie director Adam McKay, whose credit embrace The Huge Quick and Do not Look Up, took a much less mild tone with the Harris marketing campaign.
He wrote on X: “Who would have guessed mendacity about Biden’s cognitive well being for two yrs, refusing to do an open conference for a brand new nominee, by no means mentioning public healthcare & embracing fracking, the Cheneys & a yr lengthy slaughter of youngsters in Gaza would not be a profitable technique?”
Whereas Democrats are commiserating, Republicans are flocking to congratulate Trump.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson mentioned in a press release: “With President Trump again within the White Home, there isn’t a impediment too nice and no problem too tough.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote on X: “President Donald J. Trump. The forty fifth & forty seventh Presidents of the US of America. God Bless America.”
Conservative commentator Candace Owens posted: “Donald J Trump is the forty seventh President of the US. Cry more durable, Hollywood.”
