(NewsNation) — Vice President Kamala Harris called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election victory in the 2024 election, a Harris aide tells NewsNation.
Harris discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer and urged him to be a president for all Americans.
In a letter by NewsNation, Harris campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon told staff, “We knew this would be a margin of error race, and it was.”
“This will take a long time to process. But the work of protecting America from the impacts of a Trump Presidency starts now,” the letter read.
Harris is working on her concession speech, which she will give at 4 p.m. ET today, a source familiar with her plans tells NewsNation.
“Thank you for believing in the promise of America. … We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight,” Harris campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond told dejected supporters gathered at Howard University on Tuesday night. Harris has not spoken publicly since polls closed.
Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung confirmed the call to NewsNation, saying Harris “congratulated (Trump) on his historic victory.”
“President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris on her strength, professionalism, and tenacity throughout the campaign, and both leaders agreed on the importance of unifying the country.”
President Joe Biden called Harris on Wednesday to congratulate her on a “historic” campaign. He said he would address the nation about the election and the transition of power Thursday.
Speaking to supporters at around 1:30 a.m. CT Wednesday, Trump said, “This was a movement like nobody’s ever seen before.
“Frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time,” Trump said. “There’s never been anything like this in this country and maybe beyond, and now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal.”
Trump’s running mate and now Vice President-elect JD Vance, who also spoke, called the former president’s win the greatest political comeback “in the history of the United States of America.”
“He turned out to be a good choice,” Trump said of Vance.
NewsNation’s Jeff Arnold contributed to this report.
