Vice President Kamala Harris has called her election opponent, former President Donald Trump, to concede the election and congratulate him on his victory. Harris was expected to reach out to the president-elect before addressing the nation later Wednesday afternoon.

Trump connected with voters on his promise to fix the economy and to be different from the current administration. That was enough to overcome the abortion issue, a weakness of his and a strength of Harris'.

In the final sprint to the election, Kamala Harris’ campaign — at her insistence, aides and allies said — started playing Donald Trump’s most incendiary comments on the jumbotrons at her rallies, displaying in technicolor his meandering, racist and, sometimes, violent rhetoric.

Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris applauds as she attends to deliver remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington,

Kamala Harris called Donald Trump on Wednesday to concede the presidential race, and to urge him to be a president for “all Americans,” according to a campaign memo. Harris is expected to give a concession speech later on Wednesday at Howard University.

Vice President Harris lost her election effort against President-elect Donald Trump after making a series of mistakes and missteps while on the campaign trail.