WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to address her supporters Wednesday afternoon for the first time since losing the 2024 election.
Harris, who lost the presidential race to former President Donald Trump according to AP projections, will speak from Howard University in Washington, D.C. around 4 p.m., WUSA9 has learned.
While the details of her remarks are unknown, it's expected that she'll deliver her concession speech after the race was called for her opponent early Wednesday morning.
Harris, a Howard University alumna, has garnered 224 electoral votes so far, according to the Associated Press, while Trump crossed the 270 mark needed to win and has 277 electoral votes as of this writing.
Still, four states have not been called ─ Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and Michigan. The up-to-date electoral map is below.
The vice president had hoped to be the first Black woman elected president in American history, but Trump delivered her an electoral defeat.
Trump's election on Wednesday also marks the first time he received the popular vote. In 2016 when he defeated Hillary Clinton, he won 304 electoral votes, but Clinton had 65.8 million votes to his 62.9 million votes.
And in 2020, President Joe Biden defeated Trump handily with 304 electoral votes ─ the same that Trump received in 2016 ─ and a whopping 81.2 million votes to Trump's 74.2 million.
Harris declined to speak to her supporters Tuesday night going into Wednesday ─ likely waiting for the race to be officially called, though the country was clearly leaning Trump when her campaign announced she wouldn't speak publicly.
When Harris speaks, WUSA9 will carry her remarks live.
