Kamala Harris was set Wednesday to give a concession speech after her thumping loss to President-elect Trump. The Democratic vice president is expected to speak to the nation from her alma mater of Howard University, where she had planned to address supporters on Election night before Trump forged a sweeping win.

In a historic moment for America, former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris after winning battlegrounds in the Sun Belt and blue wall.

Harris is expected to address the nation and her supporters at Howard University in Washington D.C., her alma mater.

Vice President Kamala Harris will not be speaking on election night, her campaign co-chair said after midnight.

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Harris struggled to separate herself from Biden and underperformed among Black and Latino voters, dooming her chances to beat Trump.

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Many in the crowd were decked out in Howard merchandise, or the regalia of Harris’s sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), the country’s first black sorority, the sorority’s trademark bright pink colour standing out in the sea of people.

It was supposed to be everything short of a free ad – a panel of women not containing their excitement to welcome Kamala Harris, ready to introduce her to their committed daytime audience of exactly the type of women the vice president’s campaign always hoped were going to be critical to her base.