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BumRushDaShow

(143,318 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:18 AM Nov 6

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

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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Harris to Concede Defeat to Trump in Evening Speech, Sources Say (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 6 OP
I hope some serious investigation is being undertaken between now and then. pat_k Nov 6 #1
What is to investigate Miguelito Loveless Nov 6 #7
Getting numbers of rejected mail ins and why, pat_k Nov 6 #9
I suppose it's the right thing to do, but I still think turnabout would be fair play. generalbetrayus Nov 6 #2
She should NOT concede! Carolina_Blue79 Nov 6 #3
So well said!!! hamsterjill Nov 6 #6
Bravo BunkieBandit Nov 6 #24
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 JohnSJ Nov 6 #4
Well bdamomma Nov 6 #16
She lost pretty convincingly...why wouldn't she concede? Prairie Gates Nov 6 #5
I wish she would wait Marthe48 Nov 6 #8
You are proposing an overthrow of the government SCantiGOP Nov 6 #26
No Marthe48 Nov 6 #28
The real reasons she lost FakeNoose Nov 6 #10
Dems who didn't get their ponies. we can do it Nov 6 #14
Is there a site where we can BEG her NOT to concede. It's what they want. THEY KNOW THEY DIDN'T WIN.... The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 6 #11
They won we can do it Nov 6 #15
Of course they won SCantiGOP Nov 6 #27
CLEARLY, you have NOT been watching MSNBC with your own eyes nor listening with your own ears.... The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 7 #32
NO THEY DIDN'T!! The Selzer Poll that has been VERY accurate, considered the gold standard by even Nate Silver... The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 7 #31
By now it's too late but in the morning I... electric_blue68 Nov 6 #19
Not even a little bit of a fight. :-( Please don't ask me to reach out and unite with them. Hotler Nov 6 #12
not playing nice bdamomma Nov 6 #17
People voting against their self-interest bmichaelh Nov 6 #13
I'm increasingly thinking that the majority of voting American people have simply become too ignorant generalbetrayus Nov 6 #18
WTH? I thought her speech was at 6P, but you tube shows it as Already Given. electric_blue68 Nov 6 #20
Yes it was originally that because some other sources claimed it BumRushDaShow Nov 6 #21
Got it. Just finished watching it. electric_blue68 Nov 6 #22
I have a feeling too that because we are back on EST, it is now dark at 6 pm BumRushDaShow Nov 6 #23
You make absolutely perfect sense. And I was thinking of it inside*... electric_blue68 Nov 6 #29
The "inside" venue would have had all the celebratory stuff BumRushDaShow Nov 7 #33
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers concession speech after loss to Donald Trump but says, 'I do not concede the fight Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 6 #25
I have never felt so shell shocked by a political event in my life. Passages Nov 6 #30
Same tRump4prison Nov 7 #34

Miguelito Loveless

(4,675 posts)
7. What is to investigate
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:38 AM
Nov 6

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

pat_k

(10,879 posts)
9. Getting numbers of rejected mail ins and why,
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:52 AM
Nov 6

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.




Carolina_Blue79

(15 posts)
3. She should NOT concede!
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:25 AM
Nov 6

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

(15,518 posts)
6. So well said!!!
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:36 AM
Nov 6

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”.

JohnSJ

(96,718 posts)
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
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:29 AM
Nov 6

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

bdamomma

(66,609 posts)
16. Well
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:40 PM
Nov 6

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.

Marthe48

(19,158 posts)
8. I wish she would wait
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:42 AM
Nov 6

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

(14,288 posts)
26. You are proposing an overthrow of the government
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:20 PM
Nov 6

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

Marthe48

(19,158 posts)
28. No
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:58 PM
Nov 6

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

(35,874 posts)
10. The real reasons she lost
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:57 AM
Nov 6

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.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(889 posts)
11. Is there a site where we can BEG her NOT to concede. It's what they want. THEY KNOW THEY DIDN'T WIN....
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 12:09 PM
Nov 6

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

SCantiGOP

(14,288 posts)
27. Of course they won
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:23 PM
Nov 6

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

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(889 posts)
32. CLEARLY, you have NOT been watching MSNBC with your own eyes nor listening with your own ears....
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 01:45 AM
Nov 7

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

(889 posts)
31. NO THEY DIDN'T!! The Selzer Poll that has been VERY accurate, considered the gold standard by even Nate Silver...
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 01:20 AM
Nov 7

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

(18,383 posts)
19. By now it's too late but in the morning I...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 05:55 PM
Nov 6

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

(12,319 posts)
12. Not even a little bit of a fight. :-( Please don't ask me to reach out and unite with them.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 12:38 PM
Nov 6

I ain't playing nice any more.

bdamomma

(66,609 posts)
17. not playing nice
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:49 PM
Nov 6

Last edited Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:44 PM - Edit history (1)

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

(621 posts)
13. People voting against their self-interest
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 01:53 PM
Nov 6

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

(660 posts)
18. I'm increasingly thinking that the majority of voting American people have simply become too ignorant
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:59 PM
Nov 6

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

BumRushDaShow

(143,318 posts)
21. Yes it was originally that because some other sources claimed it
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:18 PM
Nov 6

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

BumRushDaShow

(143,318 posts)
23. I have a feeling too that because we are back on EST, it is now dark at 6 pm
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 07:04 PM
Nov 6

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

(18,383 posts)
29. You make absolutely perfect sense. And I was thinking of it inside*...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 09:03 PM
Nov 6

*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

(143,318 posts)
33. The "inside" venue would have had all the celebratory stuff
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 04:47 AM
Nov 7

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

(115,872 posts)
25. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers concession speech after loss to Donald Trump but says, 'I do not concede the fight
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 07:32 PM
Nov 6

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

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