Scene at Howard University had echoes of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016 as US appears poised to return Trump to powerUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerIn the end, Kamala Harris never took the stage at her election night watch party on the Howard University campus in Washington DC. As Americans appeared poised to return Donald Trump to power, it was her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, who appeared onstage instead.He tried to strike a note of optimism – there were still votes to be counted. But the scene had echoes of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, when her campaign chairman, not the candidate, came out to address supporters awaiting the result of a presidential election that many hoped would finally shatter the “hardest, highest” glass ceiling. Continue reading…
Scene at Howard University had echoes of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016 as US appears poised to return Trump to power
- US election 2024 – latest updates
- US election results 2024: live map and tracker
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In the end, Kamala Harris never took the stage at her election night watch party on the Howard University campus in Washington DC. As Americans appeared poised to return Donald Trump to power, it was her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, who appeared onstage instead.
He tried to strike a note of optimism – there were still votes to be counted. But the scene had echoes of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, when her campaign chairman, not the candidate, came out to address supporters awaiting the result of a presidential election that many hoped would finally shatter the “hardest, highest” glass ceiling.
