Harris to Concede Defeat to Trump in Evening Speech, Sources Say

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: US News and World Report/Reuters

Nov. 6, 2024, at 10:26 a.m.


(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a speech conceding defeat in the presidential election to Donald Trump at 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-11-06/harris-to-concede-defeat-to-trump-in-evening-speech-sources-say

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Short article at post time.

[pat_k]

1. I hope some serious investigation is being undertaken between now and then.

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. What is to investigate

A lot of people sat home. And the people we thought we knew, we didn't know. Family, friends, co-workers, etc.

[pat_k]

9. Getting numbers of rejected mail ins and why,

auditing to the extent possible.

Status of provisional ballots.

How many were in line when polls closed?

How many were told they had to leave when they had a right to vote if on line before closing?

I am guessing they had observers at key locations and have some notes to compare.

[generalbetrayus]

2. I suppose it's the right thing to do, but I still think turnabout would be fair play.

[Carolina_Blue79]

3. She should NOT concede!

But she will, because they think it is the "right thing" to do for the country. But it isn't.

We've got to come to the realization that you don't defeat fascism by treating it like any other political philosophy and giving in. Or willingly hand over power to a fascist leader.

Too many on our side still have not woken up to what we are dealing with here.

[hamsterjill]

6. So well said!!!

Been preaching that for years. You have to fight them on THEIR terms and be as despicable as they are. Only THEN can you return to “doing the right thing”.

[BunkieBandit]

24. Bravo

Touche' to the dark side.

[JohnSJ]

4. I suspect much of the MSM is going to lose a lot of their readers and viewers as a result of this election, because of

their constant bothsiderisms in their reporting of the news interspersed with commentary from "both sides", which muddled the actual facts.

[bdamomma]

16. Well

my TV is off. Sticking other means of news like Free Speech TV, Keith Olbermann and Dr Mary Trump.

I wish she wouldn't concede.

[Prairie Gates]

5. She lost pretty convincingly...why wouldn't she concede?

[Marthe48]

8. I wish she would wait

There were a lot of provisional votes in my polling place yesterday. The experienced Voting Location Manager said there were more than usual. Also many paper ballots.

Some states weren't allowed to count early or main-in ballots till last night.

At least make sure every last vote is counted. Conceding for the sake of the country doesn't make sense. I am not inclined to accept that criminals are running my country, not now and probably not even after all the votes got counted.

Also, get rid of the electoral college.

President Biden needs to expand the (formerly) s.c. now

Do whatever need to be done to delay and confound the criminals getting ready to assault America.

[SCantiGOP]

26. You are proposing an overthrow of the government

Expanding the Court require Congressional
Action. Changing the electoral college requires a Constitutional Amendment.
Or do you just want to storm
The Capitol?

[Marthe48]

28. No

the (formerly) supreme court just handed sweeping powers to the president. Mr. Biden is President. Let him test the intent of the (formerly) s.c. And if his actions create remedies that piss off rwnj and cause their agenda to be delayed and thwarted, all the better for all of the people who are going to suffer from the implementation of project 2025.

Other people on DU have posted that the electoral college needs to be retired. That is what I'm suggesting, not storming the capitol.

Why do you want to be disagreeable? Surely, as a DUer with over 14,000 posts, you realize that people are hurting, angry, and fearful. Where else are we going to post our feelings?

[FakeNoose]

10. The real reasons she lost

1. Sexism
2. Racism
3. MAGA-cult's desire for "revenge"
4. One-percenters' desire to keep all of America's wealth to themselves

I feel so bad for Kamala because she would have been an excellent President.
I said the same thing about Hillary 8 years ago.

[we can do it]

14. Dems who didn't get their ponies.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

11. Is there a site where we can BEG her NOT to concede. It's what they want. THEY KNOW THEY DIDN'T WIN....

I would suggest that we bombard Harris & Walz with a PLEA not TO CONCEDE until everything is examined and counted.

[we can do it]

15. They won

[SCantiGOP]

27. Of course they won

Or is the Harris team, the US Department of Justice, MSNBC and several million other people all in on the conspiracy?

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

32. CLEARLY, you have NOT been watching MSNBC with your own eyes nor listening with your own ears....

Rachel Maddow spoke about trump saying the quiet part out loud Last night....

And you believe that there's NOTHING wonky about his winning the swing states, (who, BTW, are still counting the votes and all the while the the bronzy orange bitch was accusing PA of rigging the election BUT someone who couldn't fill a VFW hall last weekend & SUDDENLY , he's able to win most, if not all the swing states and the POPULAR VOTE? REALLY?!! Come on. I know a piece of sh!t when I see it AND smell it. You should too.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

31. NO THEY DIDN'T!! The Selzer Poll that has been VERY accurate, considered the gold standard by even Nate Silver...

From FORBES Magazine :
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/03/why-outlier-poll-showing-harris-winning-iowa-could-spell-trouble-for-trump/

& The Iowa Poll of 808 likely voters conducted Oct. 28-31 and released late Saturday (margin of error 3.4 points) shows Harris ahead 47%-44% in the state, after Trump led by four points in Iowa in Selzer’s September poll for the paper and by 18 points in June against President Joe Biden.

The poll found politically independent voters, women and older voters are the driving force behind Harris’ rise in the state, which could be a bellwether for the rest of the country.

Harris has overtaken Trump’s support among independents as a whole in Iowa, and now leads 46%-39%, and she leads by 28 points among independent women, a sharp swing since September’s five-point lead, though independent men still favor Trump by a much smaller 47%-37% margin.

Harris leads women over the age of 65, 63%-28%, and men in that age bracket 47%-45%, the poll found.

Selzer, revered among politicos, got her start in polling as a staffer at the Des Moines Register, and has overseen its Iowa poll since 1987, branching off to found her own firm, Selzer & Co., in the 1990s.

Statistician Nate Silver ranks Selzer among the top two highest rated pollsters in the U.S., second only to the New York Times/Siena, according to his grading scale, which factors in historical accuracy and transparency/disclosure standards, along with the pollster’s statistical bias toward Democratic or Republican candidates.

Selzer’s best-known poll is perhaps her 2008 poll that accurately predicted an influx of first-time caucusgoers would deliver former President Barack Obama a victory.
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SUDDENLY, TRUMP won there DESPITE the OVERWHELMING support for Kamala? This makes NO sense!

[electric_blue68]

19. By now it's too late but in the morning I...

called my Senator - Schumer, and told the person that the Sen should go to Prs Biden and note there are Trump supporters in the FBI but that they needed a digital forensic look, and maybe elrctro-mechanical look at those machines in GA, and other States where shenanigans took place. Uncounted votes.

Then called the WH for VP Harris to ask her not yet concede w so many uncounted votes.

I had to say something!
🤬

[Hotler]

12. Not even a little bit of a fight. :-( Please don't ask me to reach out and unite with them.

I ain't playing nice any more.

[bdamomma]

17. not playing nice

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with them because Project 2025 is going to thrusted on everyone. Plus that fucking Elon said the American people are in for "hardship".

We take1 steps forward and multiple steps back. All the work President Biden will all be dismantled.

People vote against their own best interests.

[bmichaelh]

13. People voting against their self-interest

I know of a MAGA who voted for Trump.

They voted against their own self-interest.

They get flu vaccines every fall.
Trump is on record that he might ban some vaccines.
This could create a healthcare crisis, never mind the bird flu.

They also complain about needing help for a disabled loved one.
Harris proposed expanding Medicare for home health care.

[generalbetrayus]

18. I'm increasingly thinking that the majority of voting American people have simply become too ignorant

or downright stupid to support a democracy. Democracy dies in ignorance.

[electric_blue68]

20. WTH? I thought her speech was at 6P, but you tube shows it as Already Given.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Yes it was originally that because some other sources claimed it

but then it was changed to earlier (but Reuters didn't update).

[electric_blue68]

22. Got it. Just finished watching it.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. I have a feeling too that because we are back on EST, it is now dark at 6 pm

but it is still light at that ~4 pm time frame, so it made sense to go with that, plus it makes it easier for security.

[electric_blue68]

29. You make absolutely perfect sense. And I was thinking of it inside*...

*when you've seen concession speeches they're usually given inside at a Election HQ - which she would have done had she spoke that night.

I just sort of carried that image into today.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. The "inside" venue would have had all the celebratory stuff

including video screens, maybe netted balloons, etc., so a pivot needed to happen. They were probably considering having it inside but then they had to break down all of that stuff.

The logistics of making a switch would take time so having an outdoor venue and getting a stage + some bleachers set up seemed prudent and a faster way to to do the change-up. And thankfully the weather has been cooperating with the above normal temps and no rain!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers concession speech after loss to Donald Trump but says, 'I do not concede the fight

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the nation from Howard University, her alma mater, publicly conceding defeat in the presidential election to Donald Trump.

"The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for," she said. "But hear me when I say — the light of America's promise will always burn bright as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting."

She urged her supporters to accept the results of the election

"We owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States," she said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/vice-president-kamala-harris-delivers-concession-speech-after-loss-to-donald-trump-but-says-i-do-not-concede-the-fight-that-fueled-this-campaign-182107232.html

[Passages]

30. I have never felt so shell shocked by a political event in my life.

[tRump4prison]

34. Same

Were we living in a bubble the whole time? I was completely blindsided by this.