Donald Trump speaks after winning the 2024 Presidential Election (introduction of President-Elect Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and others; and then speech begins at 2:59:40/FOX News). YouTube Tips ⓘ
President-Elect Donald Trump spoke to his supporters after surpassing the necessary 270 electoral votes overnight Tuesday/Wednesday “Election Night”, and was anticipated to achieve 315 electoral while also dominating the popular vote.
Republicans have also taken control of the House and the Senate.
Trump to Supporters: “This was a movement like we’ve never seen before” and thanked the American people. Donald Trump said this will be the golden age of America.
Trump acknowledged Elon Musk, who spent two weeks campaigning in Pennsylvania (one of seven swing states), and called him “our new star.”
Trump was anticipated to win all seven swing states …
Arizona (not called as of 2:00 a.m.)
Georgia
Michigan (not called as of 2:00 a.m.)
Nevada (not called as of 2:00 a.m.)
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin (not called as of 2:00 a.m.)
Vice President-Elect JD Vance took the stage after Trump, saying we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America. Vance said he anticipated leading the greatest economic comeback in American history under Donald Trump’s leadership, as well.
Also on stage was Dana White (UFC/CEO, Ultimate Fighting Championship), who acknowledged the support of the Nelk Boys and others. Dana White declared Trump the most resilient, hard-working man he has ever met.
Harris/Waltz were victors in Illinois. As of 1:55 a.m. Wednesday, November 6, 2024, the Cook County Clerk’s Office reported 1,430 of 1,430 precincts and reported 1,014,016 ballots cast among 1,640,040 Registered Voters (Turnout: 61.83%) in Cook County.
In Illinois, Kamala/Waltz won 19 electoral votes with 2,759,029 votes (53.3%).
Trump/Vance gained 2,343,506 votes (45.3%).
The Cook County Clerk reported …
614,903 votes (61.99%) for Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (Democratic), and
364,849 votes (36.78%) for Donald J. Trump/JD Vance (Republican).
There were 12,257 votes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. & Nicole Shanahan (Independent). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Trump after he dropped out of the presidential race, but was not taken off the ballot. Many people were not aware that Kennedy dropped out of the race.
Biden/Harris had 781,238 votes (66.39%) in Cook County in 2020, while Trump/Pence had 377,035 (32.04%) with 1559 precincts reported and 1,188,017 ballots cast among 1,669,040 registered voters.
Kamala Harris, who called Trump a fascist during the presidential campaign, did not concede overnight. Cedric Richmond, Harris campaign co-chair, announced to Harris supporters at a Howard University venue that she would not speak on Tuesday night as planned, and would instead address supporters on Wednesday.
Kevin O’Leary said about the potential loss before 270 electoral votes were crossed by Trump/Vance, “this a ‘great’ night for Dems if they lose: ‘Reset and reboot'” … had added, “the influences of a Schumer or a Pelosi or a movie star or an Obama deciding to anoint somebody — those guys are gone in four years … they won’t have that kind of influence (begins 5:39). YouTube Tips ⓘ
Former White House staffer Barbara Heineback (first African American woman to serve as a press officer to a First Lady (former First Lady Rosalynn Carter) has slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for not making an appearance at Democrat headquarters (Sky News Australia). YouTube Tips ⓘ