US presidential candidate Kamala Harris will not address the nation today, according to Democratic National Committee senior adviser Cedric Richmond.
He stressed that the Kamala Harris campaign would continue to fight through the night to make sure that every vote was counted, and that “every voice was heard.”
Cedric Richmond, a co-chair of Harris’ campaign, told the crowd at Howard University that the vice president would not speak publicly until later Wednesday.
“We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called,” Richmond said shortly before 1 a.m. ET. “You will hear from her tomorrow.”
– Cedric Richmond
“So you won’t hear from the vice president today, but you will hear from her tomorrow. She will be back here tomorrow to address not only her family, not only her supporters but the nation,” Richmond said.
Republicans are already gaining a party majority in the Senate, American media reports.
In an ominous development for Democrats, the share of voters identifying with their party hit the lowest mark this century. According to the NBC Exit Poll, 32% of voters identified as a Democrat, down from 37% four years ago. The exit poll also found the highest level of voters identifying as independent or “Something else” this century (34%). The share of voters identifying as Republican has moved less, standing at 34% this year.
Earlier, the founder of file-sharing sites Megaupload and Mega, Kim Schmitz, also known as Kim Dotcom, said that US Vice President Harris will be remembered as the worst presidential candidate in the country’s history.
