WASHINGTON — Following Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to now-President-elect Donald Trump, the VP conceded to the former president in a phone call on Wednesday afternoon.
Trump clinched the election in the early morning hours of Wednesday after flipping the state of Wisconsin and surpassing the 270 electoral vote count.
In the phone call, Harris called Trump and "congratulated him on his victory," according to an aide with the White House.
A senior Harris aide told NBC News that she discussed the "importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans" while on the phone with Trump.
Trump's campaign released a statement to 11Alive regarding the call, saying that 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," Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said.
Harris' aides also told NBC News that the vice president spent the morning and afternoon working on her concession speech, which she delivered at Howard University just after 4 p.m.
The VP highlighted the need for a peaceful transition of powers, seemingly alluding to Trump's avoidance of conceding the 2020 Presidential Election to President Joe Biden. She mentioned that she congratulated Trump on his win during the speech, for which she received a parade of boos from the crowd. The crowd, however, erupted in cheering when she mentioned a "peaceful transition of power."
Harris highlighted her speech by talking about not owing loyalty to a president or a party but rather to the Constitution of the United States of America.