After election loss, Kamala Harris to deliver concession speech at Howard University

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a concession speech at her alma mater Howard University at 4 pm on Wednesday, her office announced.

Kamala Harris hosted her election night watch party at Howard University on Tuesday, which served as her campaign headquarters.

While she did not address her supporters last evening, her campaign co-chair assured them she would speak on Wednesday.

“But you will hear from her tomorrow because she will be back here tomorrow to address not only the HU family, not only to address her supporters but to address the nation,” NBC News quoted campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond as saying.

Howard University is Harris’s alma mater from where she graduated in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics.

Harris launched her first campaign on the university campus when she ran for freshman class representative, and returned in 2019 to announce her presidential run in for the 2020 election cycle.

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Harris also used the campus as the site to prepare for her August debate against Donald Trump.

The speech comes after Trump won the US presidency for a second term in one of the greatest political comebacks in American history, cruising past Harris in a bitterly fought election.

The 78-year-old Republican leader cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency by securing a victory in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.

According to races called by the Associated Press up to 4 pm (IST), 277 electoral votes had gone to Trump and 224 to Harris.

Earlier, Trump addressed his supporters at West Palm Beach in Florida, declaring victory and promising a “golden age of America”.

With inputs from agencies