Nearly 24 hours after the polls closed in the 2024 election, Kamala Harris finally publicly conceded the race to Donald Trump. She was out of options.
“We must accept the results of this election,” Harris told her supporters from a stage at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon. “Earlier today, I spoke with President-election Trump and congratulated him on his victory. I also told him that … we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power. A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results,” she added in a clear attack on Republicans, including Trump, who contested the procedures and results of the rigged 2020 election.
Earlier on Wednesday, the shrews of “The View” rehearsed the same talking points. “When the person you voted for does not win, you do not say the system must be broken or that it was rigged. You say, ‘It is what it is,’” said Sara Haines. “Unlike Donald Trump and his followers, I acknowledge that he won,” added Ana Navarro.
Of course, they “acknowledge that he won.” After their QUESTIONING ELECTION RESULTS IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY rhetoric from the past four years, what the heck other choice do they have? Their “we accept the results” posture started about five minutes ago — or, more precisely, the moment Trump questioned the results of the 2020 election. Before that, Democrats had for decades questioned pretty much every other election they had lost, which were all
