Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) speaks during his final campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the early hours of November 5, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) speaks during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. Jeff Kowalsky and Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, AFP

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173093050403817308466332681730792118641AFP__20241105__36LE78N__v1__HighRes__ComboUsVotePoliticsTrumpHarris.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) speaks during his final campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the early hours of November 5, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) speaks during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. <em>Jeff Kowalsky and Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>US Vice President and defeated Democratic candidate Kamala Harris promised a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump on Wednesday in a defiant concession speech that urged supporters to &quot;keep fighting&quot; for their ideas.</p><p>&quot;We must accept the results of this election. Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory,&quot; Harris said in a speech at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington.</p><p>&quot;I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition, and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.&quot;</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Js7BEL6aTU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/11/6/trump-wins-white-house-in-stunning-comeback-1843">Trump wins White House in stunning comeback</a></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2564971923828125;margin-left:0.2760009765625pt;text-indent:-0.2760009765625pt;margin-top:8.0570068359375pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.2760009765625pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Without mentioning Trump&#x27;s refusal to accept his defeat to President Joe Biden in 2020,  Harris said that honoring election results was what &quot;distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny.&quot;</span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At the same time in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party but to the  constitution of the United States, and loyalty to our conscience, and to our God,&quot; she added. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2564984798431396;margin:8.0570068359375pt 8.9759521484375pt 0pt 0.8040008544921875pt;text-indent:0.2760009765625pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In front of a cheering crowd, Harris began by urging her supporters to keep fighting for their  ideas despite their bitter disappointment a day afer Trump scored his decisive victory. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2564966201782226;margin:8.057022094726562pt 8.92791748046875pt 0pt 0.1439971923828125pt;text-indent:0.8160018920898438pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we  voted for, but hear me when I say that the light of America&#x27;s promise will always burn bright  as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting,&quot; she said. </span></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/6/marcos-jr-congratulates-trump-on-projected-win-in-us-elections-1916">Marcos Jr. congratulates Trump on projected win in US elections</a></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2564977645874023;margin:8.057022094726562pt 18.55194091796875pt 0pt 0.03600311279296875pt;text-indent:-0.29999542236328125pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.29999542236328125pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Afer a campaign in which she repeatedly warned that Trump posed a danger to American  democracy, she concluded by referring to the sense of foreboding felt by many of her  supporters. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2564984798431396;margin:8.057014465332031pt 3.75604248046875pt 0pt 0.28800201416015625pt;text-indent:0.6719970703125pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time. But for the benefit of us all, I hope  that is not the case,&quot; she said. </span><br/><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2565010547637938;margin:0pt 21.08404541015625pt 0pt 0.9599990844726562pt;text-indent:-0.0240020751953125pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0240020751953125pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;But here&#x27;s the thing: America, if it is, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, brilliant  billion stars, the light -- the light of optimism, of faith, of truth and service,&quot; she added. </span><br/><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/11/6/what-2nd-trump-win-means-for-ph-economy-1701">What second Trump win means for PH economy</a></div>

<p>US Vice President and defeated Democratic candidate Kamala Harris promised a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump on Wednesday in a defiant concession speech that urged supporters to "keep fighting" for their ideas.</p>

US Vice President and defeated Democratic candidate Kamala Harris promised a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump on Wednesday in a defiant concession speech that urged supporters to "keep fighting" for their ideas.

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Harris promises peaceful transfer to Trump in defiant speech

Harris promises peaceful transfer to Trump in defiant speech

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