Republican candidate Donald Trump won the US presidential election by a landslide. His journey as the 47th president will begin on January 20. Republicans have lost control of the Senate, the upper house of the US legislature.
Apart from this, it can be seen from the results of the Lower House of Representatives that Trump's party will also take control of this room. In this situation, Democratic Party candidate Kamla Harris has accepted defeat. However, he urged the supporters not to give up.
The US presidential election was held last Tuesday. According to CNN, according to the latest results on Thursday, Donald Trump secured the White House with 295 electoral votes. Kamala Harris got 226 electoral votes. At least 270 electoral votes are required to be elected president. Trump has more than 72.7 million votes. And Kamala got more than 68 million. However, the results of Arizona and Nevada were yet to be announced until 10 pm Bangladesh time yesterday.
As of yesterday, 52 Senate seats were held by Republicans. Democrats won 44 seats. The results are announced for the remaining four. At least 50 seats are required for a majority in the Senate. The House of Representatives is also likely to be taken over by the Republicans.
The BBC reported that Republicans had won 208 seats at last count yesterday. And the Democrats got 189. A party needs at least 218 seats to get a majority in the 435-seat House of Representatives.
In this situation, Kamala Harris accepted his defeat. He spoke to the supporters with much emotion. In his speech, he called for the continuation of the fight to protect the democracy of the United States. He said, even if he cannot get a place in the White House, he will continue to fight for democracy.
According to the New York Times, Kamala said, 'I accept defeat in the election. But I will not lose the fight that started in my election campaign.' “As long as we don't give up, as long as we keep fighting,” he said, “the light of America's promise will shine.”
Current President Joe Biden was supposed to be the candidate of the Democrats in the election. At the end of last July, Biden was forced to step down in the face of internal pressure and criticism of the party. Then Kamala announced to be a candidate. He lost after campaigning for 107 days. He then delivered his last campaign speech from the Howard University campus in Washington DC.
Many of Kamala's supporters were teary-eyed during the speech. At this time, he said, 'Fight for the dignity that people deserve.' She vowed to continue fighting for women's rights and gun violence.
Kamala also said that she called Donald Trump and congratulated him on winning the election. He also promised a peaceful transfer of power to Trump.
In the speech, however, Kamala also poked a little at Trump. After the 2020 election, Kamala also recalled the interruption of the congressional session to recognize Joe Biden's victory and the absence of the inauguration ceremony of the new president. He said, 'The principle of American democracy is that if we lose an election, we accept the result. This principle distinguishes democracy from dictatorship and autocracy. And if one wants to gain the trust of the people, he must be respectful of it.'
