Fox News reports that former President Donald J. Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election to become the 47th President of the United States.
Trump’s shocking victory puts him in line to be the first president since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to serve two non-consecutive terms. Trump and running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, beat out Harris, who took over the Democratic presidential ticket just shortly over 100 days ago after President Joe Biden stepped down. Trump’s win came after securing electoral votes from Wisconsin, a state he lost in the 2020 presidential election.
During his victory speech, the four-time indicted businessman thanked his supporters and said the next four years will be the “golden age of America.”
“I want to thank you all very much,” Trump said. “This is great. These are our friends. We have thousands of friends in this incredible movement. This is a movement like nobody’s ever seen before,” Trump said from his celebration in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I believe, the greatest political movement of all time.”
He also praised his choice of Vance, claiming they are going to have “four great years.”
“He turned out to be a good choice. I took a little heat at the beginning, but I knew in my brain that he was a good one,” Trump said. “About as good as it gets.”
According to MSNBC, Trump’s victory is a sign of troubling times and a lesson that Democrats. The results showed that more Americans identified as Republicans than as Democrats for the first time in decades, especially in battleground states like Pennsylvania, where long-held Democratic voter registration took a deep dive into red territory.
Though Trump has declared victory, Harris has yet to concede. Social media had thoughts about what the vice president should do next.
@_gregorryyy wants Harris to demand a recount. “Didn’t Trump say just last week that they have a “little secret” that would ensure he wins the election? And a few weeks earlier said he already had all the votes he needed?” he said.
“@KamalaHarris, please don’t concede. Demand a recount. Refuse to certify.”
Fox News anchor Dana Perino disagreed.
“I remember when John Kerry did this to George W. Bush in 2004, and you work so hard, and I know that they’re disappointed, but you should concede and let your opponent have their election night,” Perino said.
Trump has yet to concede to the 2020 presidential election results.
