Election 2024 live updates: Trump celebrates historic win against Harris; Biden to give speech
President-elect Donald Trump considering appointments to second administration after Kamala Harris delivers gracious consession speech, urging supporters not to lose heart
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is celebrating his election win by beginning the process of choosing who will join his second administration, as his conservative allies and surrogates jostle for position in the hope of securing a top role.
President Joe Biden will meanwhile address the nation from the White House Rose Garden at 11am ET (4pm GMT).
Trump’s defeated adversary Kamala Harris called to congratulate him on his victory on Wednesday afternoon and subsequently delivered a concession speech at Howard University, in which she said that, while she concedes the election, she will not give up the fight that fueled her campaign.
“The fight for freedom, opportunity, fairness, and dignity of all people, and ideals at the heart of this nation… that is a fight I will never give up,” the Vice President said.
That came after Trump completed a shocking political comeback by winning the election four years after leaving the White House.
The former president surpassed the magic number of 270 Electoral College votes early yesterday after winning key battleground states.
He also won 51 percent of the popular vote, picking up 72.5m votes to Harris’s 68m as she fell well short of Biden’s 2020 total of 81m.
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Philadelphia Democratic leader blames ‘elitist’ Harris campaign’s ‘lack of respect’ for state loss
If you missed this earlier, Philadelphia Democratic Chair Bob Brady has suggested that a lack of communication from the Harris campaign contributed to her loss in Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday, the former congressman told NBC10 that he “would’ve liked to see the Harris campaign, especially the national campaign, coordinate with us a little bit. Talk to us a little bit. Give us a little bit more resources. Show us some respect. Didn’t happen.”
He added: “They were just elitist and went out there, did their own thing, and didn’t include Democratic city committee or (ward leaders) or committee people. They just didn’t do it.”
Gustaf Kilander has more.
Philadelphia Dem leader blames Harris campaign’s ‘lack of respect’ for state loss
Bob Brady accuses Harris campaign of being ‘elitist’ and doing ‘their own thing, and didn’t include Democratic city committee ... people’
How the ‘manosphere’ helped propel Trump to victory in 2024
During Trump’s raucous victory party in West Palm Beach, Florida, yesterday morning, a fired-up Dana White, president of the wildly popular UFC fighting league, approached the microphone to thank the people who made the Republican’s win possible.
After praising Trump as one of “the most resilient, hardworking men I’ve ever met in my life,” White said: “I wanna thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin with the Boys and, last but not least, the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan!”
You’d be forgiven for not knowing who some of these men are, but, if you’re the Democratic Party, you ignore them at your peril.
This collection of edgy alternative podcasters, social media influencers and comedians are part of the “manosphere” that may have helped win Trump the election.
Josh Marcus has this introduction.
How Joe Rogan and the right-wing ‘manosphere’ helped propel Trump to victory in 2024
Men of all ages voted decisively for Trump, according to exit polls
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Doctors fear disease outbreaks if RFK Jr joins Trump’s administration
Rates of routine vaccinations among children are dropping, the percentage of children who are exempted from vaccine requirements is at an all-time high and cases of measles are being reported across the United States.
And it could soon get worse.
Doctors are now bracing for a future under president-elect Donald Trump’s and his administration, which has floated the idea of bringing in prominent vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the nation’s federal health agencies.
Alex Woodward has this on a dire health forecast.
Doctors fear disease outbreaks if RFK Jr has federal health oversight under Trump
Public health advocates are warning against an incoming powder keg of misinformation and conspiracy theories
Watch: Jimmy Fallon roasts Donald and Melania Trump’s return to White House
Jimmy Fallon roasts Donald and Melania Trump’s return to White House
Jimmy Fallon roasted Donald and Melania Trump on their return to the White House following the Republican’s dramatic election victory. Addressing Trump’s election victory on Fallon Tonight on Wednesday (6 November), the comedian stated Americans had “decided to get back with their crazy ex”. Fallon said: “No matter who you voted for, I think all Americans can agree it’s going to be a rough Thanksgiving.” The host added: “Of course, Trump’s already super busy. First, he’s got to move all those classified documents back into the White House. “Republicans were thrilled until they realized there is going to be four more years of Melania’s Christmas decorations.”
Biden to address nation from White House on Thursday
The 46th president will address the nation from the White House Rose Garden at 11am ET (4pm GMT).
He is expected to reflect on the election result and encourage all citizens to accept it without complaint, congratulate President-Elect Trump and praise Kamala Harris for her campaign.
Radio host blames Harris defeat on culture of chauvinism among Latino men
Pennsylvania radio host Victor Martinez appeared on MSNBC yesterday and had this hard truth for Nicolle Wallace on Kamala Harris’s loss:
“As far as the Latino vote in general, it was the Latino man. It was a Latino man who decided that they were going to vote for Donald Trump. And I will dare to say that it’s the Latino man who will – who wouldn’t want a woman president. I mean, you and I had this discussion before, and I have audios from the Latino men who were calling my show, telling me that they wouldn’t vote for her just because she was a woman.
“And that is unfortunate, but that’s part of the Latino culture, right, with the Latino the man. And he’s the one, the provider. And we’re the boss, and we still, unfortunately, have a lot of Latinos with that mentality where the woman belongs in the kitchen. That is a reality of the Latino male chauvinist culture. And I think that’s what exactly what happened.”
Trump AG hopeful says he wants to drag Democrats’ ‘political dead bodies through the streets and burn them’
A Republican lawyer thought to be in the running to be Donald Trump’s attorney general has said he wants to drag Democrats’ “dead political bodies” through the streets and “burn” them in a graphic social media post.
Mike Davis, a former Supreme Court clerk and Senate aide, shared the violent post on X on November 6, shortly after Trump surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
“Here’s my current mood: I want to drag their dead political bodies through the streets, burn them, and throw them off the wall,” Davis said.
“(Legally, politically, and financially, of course),” he added.
“F*** unity... We have the votes. And they tried to kill Trump,” he said in another expletive-laden post, referring to the opposition.
Rhian Lubin has more.
Trump AG hopeful ‘wants to drag Democrats’ political dead bodies through streets’
Mike Davis shared the graphic post shortly after Trump clinched victory in the presidential race
LGBT+ crisis hotlines report huge spike in contacts after Trump election win
The Trevor Project, a non-profit collective dedicated to supporting LGBT+ youths and preventing suicide, has issued a statement reporting that it experienced a 125 percent increase in calls, texts and chat messages on Election Day and on Wednesday from young people distressed by the dawning news of Donald Trump’s win at the polls.
The Rainbow Youth Project told The Washington Post something similar, saying that it had received more than 3,810 calls this month.
Other groups supporting the LGBT+ community like OneIowa also told The Post it had experienced an increase in emails and messages.
West Wing star Bradley Whitford blames ‘racist and sexist’ country for Trump victory
Actor Bradley Whitford, best known for The West Wing and The Handmaid’s Tale, wants Democrats to avoid falling into “despair” after Trump’s second victory, he told The Independent in an exclusive interview.
Whitford, known for his Emmy-winning West Wing performance as the firebrand political strategist Josh Lyman, said he was surprised by Trump’s decisive win.
The 65-year-old has long been a Democratic ally, and most recently spoke at a Harris rally in Wisconsin on October 22.
“I absolutely thought we were going to win,” Whitford told The Independent outside the White House on Wednesday afternoon, less than 12 hours after Trump secured his second term.
“I thought it was going to be closer,” he added.
“But whenever any of my friends asked me, I would end it with, ‘You can never underestimate how you know, racist and sexist this country is.’”
Katie Hawkinson has more.
‘West Wing’ star blames ‘racist and sexist’ country for Trump victory
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