Kamala Harris tells crying fans 'this is not what we wanted' as she officially concedes to Trump

Kamala Harris urged her supporters to 'keep fighting' arsenic she publically conceded the statesmanlike predetermination to Donald Trump, saying she volition keep 

But she vowed to prosecute successful a peaceful transportation of power.

'While I concede this election, I bash not concede the combat that fueled this campaign,' she said.

Her dependable shook astatine times arsenic she addressed a monolithic assemblage of supporters astatine Howard University, her alma mater. 

'My bosom is afloat today. Full of gratitude for the spot you person placed successful me. Full of emotion for our state and afloat of resolve.

'The result of this predetermination is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for, but perceive maine erstwhile I say, perceive maine erstwhile I say, the airy of America's committedness volition ever pain bright,' she said.

'Look, I americium truthful arrogant of the contention we ran. And the mode we ran it,' she added.

'Now, I cognize folks are feeling and experiencing a scope of emotions close now. I get it. But we indispensable judge the results of this election. Earlier today, I spoke with President-Elect Trump and congratulated him connected his victory. I besides told him that we volition assistance him and his squad with their modulation and we volition prosecute successful a peaceful transportation of power.'

A cardinal main of American ideology is that erstwhile we suffer an election, we judge the results. That rule arsenic overmuch arsenic immoderate different the distinguishes ideology from monarchy and tyranny. Anybody that seeks the nationalist spot indispensable grant it. At the aforesaid time, successful our nation, we beryllium loyalty not to a presidentor a party, but to the constitution of the agreed States,' she added.

Her supporters shed tears arsenic she spoke. 

'Kamala, Kamala, Kamala,' the assemblage shouted astatine her arsenic she took the signifier to Beyonce's 'Freedom,' her signature run song.

'We emotion you,' was screamed astatine her. 'I emotion you back,' Harris said. 

Despite a DJ blasting enactment euphony including Beyonce and different hits, the temper was dour. Some supporters were wiping distant tears. Lots of hugs were exchanged. 

'I'm conscionable truthful sad,' said Christine Payack, a 69-year-old nationalist schoolhouse teacher who resides successful Alexandria, Virginia. 'I could conscionable cry, truthful I conscionable came to beryllium with others to benignant of find solace and a community.'

'I conscionable don't understand. All the enthusiasm and joyousness and ample crowds. I'm conscionable successful disbelief,' she continued. 'And I'm truly mourning the country. That much than fractional of the radical could ballot for him.'

'It's precise confusing,' she added, pointing to Trump's 'hateful' rhetoric - and policies that would drastically interaction areas similar the environment. 'And fractional the region accepts it.'

Nicholas, a 19-year-old Howard University pupil who declined to springiness his past name, but said helium was calved successful Jamaica, besides expressed dismay.

'It seems similar the vibes were connected her side,' helium told DailyMail.com

A 25-year-old who wished to beryllium referred to by her initials K.F. said she and her friends had gone to bed, reasoning that - similar 2020 - it could beryllium days earlier determination was a result.

She woke up to the quality of a Trump triumph - and came to Howard to beryllium with the like-minded.

'I deliberation I conscionable wanted to beryllium surrounded by different radical and benignant of get immoderate consciousness of unity and inspiration adjacent successful the look of defeat. And being truly disappointed and feeling benignant of hopeless,' K.F. said. 

Ahead of her speech, Harris called Trump congratulating him and uring a peaceful transportation of powerfulness and encouraging him to beryllium a president for each Americans. 

President Joe Biden past called Trump and invited him to the White House conscionable arsenic Michigan was called - the 5th plaything authorities to spell successful the Republican's favor.

Her concession code came a small much than 15 hours aft run co-chair Cedric Richmond, a Biden White House adjutant and erstwhile subordinate of Congress from Louisiana, appeared onstage.

He addressed what was near of the assemblage connected the Howard University quad a small earlier 1 a.m. connected Wednesday. 

'We inactive person votes to count, we inactive person states that person not been called yet. We volition proceed overnight to combat to marque definite that each ballot is counted, that each dependable has spoken, truthful you won't perceive from the vice president tonight,' Richmond said. 

What helium didn't accidental was that determination was inactive a viable way to victory. 

Throughout the night, the run highlighted information points that could spell astonishment bully quality for Harris - higher-than-expected turnout successful Philadelphia, votes yet to beryllium counted successful Detroit. 

But successful the extremity Harris didn't amended upon President Joe Biden's show against Trump 4 years ago. 

Democrats had been counting connected holding the trio of states - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania - to springiness Harris the White House.  Biden won them successful 2020.

But Trump won them instead, giving him 292 electoral votes to Harris's 224. It takes 270 to triumph the presidency. 

Harris is present connected way to bash worse than Hillary Clinton in the 2016 statesmanlike election. She could adjacent beryllium connected gait to person the worst Electoral College effect of immoderate Democrat since the 1988 race. 

Trump is the archetypal president successful implicit 130 years, and lone the 2nd successful history, to triumph a non-consecutive 2nd term. 

Exit polls amusement his triumph came aft helium made gains with astir each voting bloc helium mislaid successful the 2020 election and enactment unneurotic a conjugation of multi-ethnic working-class voters.

And Harris did worse connected Tuesday than Biden successful the 2020 contention among cardinal voting groups including women, the moving people and Latinos. 

The exit polls suggested voters trusted Trump much to hole the economy.

They overwhelmingly believed the Biden-Harris medication had enactment the state connected the incorrect track.

The blasted crippled has begun. 

'It should travel arsenic nary large astonishment that a Democratic Party which has abandoned moving people radical would find that the moving people has abandoned them,' Senator Bernie Sanders said successful a blistering statement.

'First, it was the achromatic moving class, and present it is Latino and Black workers arsenic well. While the Democratic enactment defends the presumption quo, the American radical are aggravated and privation change. And they’re right.'

In information the Republican had made gains successful astir each demographic too college-educated women. 

At Howard Tuesday nighttime had kicked disconnected with a consciousness of elation. 

The federation was - again - adjacent to electing its archetypal pistillate president - and besides the archetypal pistillate president of color. 

Two barriers breached - the solid ceiling yet smashed. 

But a blond billionaire businessman thwarted that effort again. 

As the predetermination returns came in, the assemblage got much quiet, arsenic a DJ loudly played euphony arsenic the jumbotrons played a muted CNN. 

The measurement lone came connected the TVs to denote Harris' wins - Washington, Hawaii and past Virginia. 

It turned backmost disconnected arsenic John King showed his magic partition turning red. 

In the end, Harris' tally was a Hail Mary pass. 

Harris ran the shortest statesmanlike run successful modern American history.

She picked up the baton connected July 21st from President Joe Biden aft helium decided to wantonness his reelection bid aft being pressured, for weeks, by Democratic Party heavyweights aft his disastrous statement quality against Trump.

Voters, for months, had warned that they had large reservations astir putting the 81-year-old backmost successful bureau for 4 much years  arsenic helium suffered gaffe aft gaffe and stumble aft stumble. 

Then, for 90 minutes connected the Atlanta statement stage, the oldest president successful U.S. past showed his age. 

Biden's chances of winning different 4 years quickly plummeted and truthful helium called Harris and asked her to instrumentality his place. 

With each the Democratic primaries already done, she was capable to get the Biden delegates to perpetrate to her in less than 36 hours. 

Harris accepted the Democratic information connected the Chicago signifier conscionable 4 weeks later. 

She built what appeared to beryllium a beardown conjugation of surrogates - receiving enactment from progressive similar Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and anti-Trump Republicans, similar erstwhile Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. 

Seeking to task a connection of unity, Harris pledged that her opponents would get a 'seat astatine the table' and promised to sanction a Republican subordinate of her Cabinet. 

She had a wide praised statement against Trump successful September. 

Onstage successful Philadelphia, Harris successfully baited Trump into ranting astir the assemblage size astatine his events. 

'People commencement leaving his rallies aboriginal retired of exhaustion and boredom, said Harris, provoking a furious response.

In 1 of the astir memorable moments of the full contention - the erstwhile president accused Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, of 'eating the dogs... eating the cats. They're eating the pets.' 

Harris laughed and called him 'extreme.'     

The Democrat caught a fortunate interruption erstwhile comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a joke-gone-bad astir Puerto Rico, describing the assemblage astatine Trump's Madison Square Garden rally  arsenic an 'island of garbage'.

The Harris run rapidly moved to tribunal the influential Puerto Rican voting bloc - though that effort fell short. 

She made a fig of verbal slips. 

Former Obama governmental advisor David Axelrod described her answers astatine a CNN municipality hallway successful precocious October arsenic 'word crockery city'.

Harris was also, perhaps, fortunate that determination was nary superior blowback from voters implicit allegations made astir 'second gentleman' Doug Emhoff. 

DailyMail.com reported that Emhoff had impregnated the family's nanny portion joined to his archetypal wife, that he allegedly slapped an ex-girlfriend astatine the Cannes Film Festival and had been 'inappropriate' and 'misogynistic' astatine work. 

Liberals similar erstwhile White House property caput Jen Psaki, AOC and Lady Gaga had fawned implicit Emhoff and the mode helium supported his woman connected the run trail.

Harris had large enactment from Hollywood, too, and utilized celebrities to enactment her get-out-the-vote efforts. These included Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce, Tyler Perry, John Legend, Lady Gaga, Fat Joe, Katy Perry, Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Springsteen and more. 

Democratic Party superstars Barack and Michelle Obama supported her run successful the closing weeks and days. 

The last days saw the Harris strategy pivot from attacking Trump to embracing what she termed 'joy,' promising to beryllium a president for 'all Americans.'

Her last rally was successful Philadelphia successful the all-important commonwealth of Pennsylvania - a authorities that was called for Trump successful the aboriginal greeting hours. 

During that last address, held connected the Rocky Steps alongside Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, Harris didn't erstwhile notation Trump by name.