Kamala Harris campaign explains why she won’t speak to supporters on tense election night
The campaign of Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, has explained why she won’t be addressing her supporters on election night, as the race to the White House became tighter.
In the early hours of Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Cedric Richmond, a co-chair of Harris’s campaign, shared an update with the press. He explained that Harris would not be speaking to her supporters that night because there are still votes to count, and several key states have not yet been decided.
“We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet,” Richmond said. “We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted. That every voice has spoken.”
Richmond reassured Harris’s supporters that they would hear from the vice president the following day, saying, “So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight. But you will hear from her tomorrow.”
At the time of this update, the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, appeared to be edging toward victory, with polling stations closed and two major battleground states already called in his favor. Trump had already addressed his supporters, thanking them for their support during the campaign and promising to keep fighting for victory.
The winner of the election had not yet been officially declared, with many votes still being counted in key states. Harris’s campaign urged patience as the final results were awaited.
