Trump election results live: Kamala Harris’ massive 2024 campaign debt revealed after concession speech

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com in Washington, D.C.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi twisted the knife even further into President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris by suggesting Democrats should have gotten the opportunity to pick another candidate.

The 84-year-old also said that if Biden had dropped out earlier, the party she has led for decades would have had time to consider its options.

The devastating comments from the California lawmaker to the New York Times comes as civil war has erupted in the Democrats over Donald Trump’s rout.

Pelosi’s admission that she did not want Kamala Harris to automatically become the nominee after Joe Biden’s mid-July drop-out appears to be damage control by the longtime Democratic kingmaker after this week’s embarrassing loss.

‘I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a week,’ Tim Walz said joking after taking the stage to give his first remarks since the election defeat on Tuesday.

The Minnesota governor and Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate began by thanking the vice president for putting her faith in him and the joyful campaign.

He also thanked his Minnesota and campaign staff as well as the supporters who backed the ticket.

‘It’s hard to lose. It’s hard to understand while so many of our fellow citizens, people we have fought so long and hard form wound up choosing the other path. It’s hard to reckon with what that path looks like over the next four years,’ he said.

Walz encouraged people to take the time for themselves and their loved ones.

‘Whenever you’re ready to get back in that fight, I’ll be standing right here ready to fight the fight with you,’ he said.

Walz said despite the deep disappointment he has never felt more inspired and motivated and ‘fired up for what’s possible in this country.’

He shared how he got to travel the entire country the past few months and meet people, and he said what he learned is that people realy all want the same things in life. He talked about meaningful work, good schools, affordable health care and more.

‘I think most of all, and you saw it in a very deep way, people want freedom to live their lives the way the want to live them,’ he said.

While Walz talked about his hope, he also warned while he’s keeping an open mind, the state needs to be ready for what is coming with the Trump administration.

‘The moment they try and bring a hateful agenda in this state, I’m going to stand ready to stand up and fight for the way we do things here,’ he said.

He said Minnesota has always been there and always will be the ‘provide shelter from the storm.’

Walz noted there were 1.5 million Minnesotans that voted for Trump and Vance in the election. He said while there is not room for the most extreme elements of their agenda, he called for a place for everyone to be heard.

‘Now that this election is behind us, I’m going to try even harder to keep an open mind, open heart and really listen to folks who don’t support me or my policies, to work with everyone in the legislature to seek compromise and common ground because that’s how we come back together after such a long time spent fighting each other,’ he said.

But Walz also took one final opportunity to make a dig at his rival JD Vance pointing out he knows how to order donuts.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will speak for the first time today in his home state after Democrats lost the presidential election on Tuesday.

He is being introduced by his wife Gwen Walz.

‘Kamala Harris is a remarkable leader,’ Minnesota’s first lady said this afternoon in her introduction. ‘She would have been a remarkable president.’

She said she was so thankful to get to know the vice president and Doug Emhoff.

Mrs. Walz said it is ok to feel sad and scared and told supporters to give themselves the ‘grace to grieve.’

She also said the work continues to keep Minnesota safe and inclusive and strong.

‘We cannot and we will not give up this fight,’ she said to cheers.

President-elect Donald Trump may have won but Vice President Kamala Harris supporters do not want to see her exit the national stage.

Bakari Sellers, a Harris ally, pitched the idea of appointing her to the Supreme Court.

Far fetched, but read all about the idea below.

Former Trump national security advisor Robert O’Brien isn’t ruling out a top foreign policy role in the second Trump administration.

‘The President would have to ask. I’ve always said in the past I’d salute and say yes, but I’l have that conversation maybe with the president,’ he told Fox News when asked about returning to the White House as part of Trump’s national security team.

Then O’Brien floated other names, as former U.S. ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell continues to be mentioned to get a leading role. ‘He’s got a lot of great people, Ric Grenell, [Sen.] Bill Hagerty, [Sen.] Marco Rubio, [former DNI] John Radcliffe, [retired Gen.] Keith Kellogg. I mean, there’s just a plethora of people that want to serve and who are qualified and capable and professional and do a great job for the president,’ he said.

People are roasting Ivanka Trump for making an emotional post about the 16 lessons she has learned as she turns 43 just hours before the Presidential election.

In an Instagram and X post shared on Monday, the businesswoman detailed her top lessons, including that family and friends ‘are everything’ as she urged followers to ‘forgive people’ and understand that ‘everyone is a teacher.’

Other lessons included avoid gossip, ‘get sunshine daily,’ and ‘guard your peace.’

Iranian-American activist Masih Alinejad said on Fox News that she is the individual that was targeted for murder in the Iran-backed plot exposed Friday.

An Iranian government plot to hire hitmen to assassinate Donald Trump was thwarted just a month before the election, chilling documents unsealed Friday reveal.

The men are also accused of targeting an Iranian-American activist and were offered $500,000 to kill two Jewish businessmen living in the U.S.

The IRGC were in constant contact with the suspects, and said that ‘money was not an object’ when it came to pursuing their targets.

They traveled to Fairfield University in Connecticut, where Alinejad was set to appear earlier this year, and also stalked her home in Brooklyn.

Alinejad said she is ‘grateful’ to the FBI for informing her ahead of the Fairfield University event, which she skipped to ‘project the students.’

‘I don’t want to die. I want to be alive to see the end of this regime,’ Alinejad added.

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com in Washington, D.C.

Democrat Sen. John Fetterman is facing backlash after cursing out thousands of voters in his home state.

Republican Dave McCormick was recently announced as the winner of the Key Stone State’s razor-thin Senate race by the Associated Press, though incumbent Democrat Bob Casey has not yet conceded.

McCormick, the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates – one of the world’s largest hedge funds – stunningly flipped the seat held by Casey for three terms red.

Talking on X about that Senate race, Fetterman demanded that voters have patience as ballots are still being tallied. Then he viciously tore into Green Party voters.

‘Pennsylvania is going to count every last vote,’ he posted. ‘That’s not controversial- that’s the law.’

‘Also, Green dip****s’ votes helping elect the GOP,’ Fetterman’s post continued, featuring a picture of the party’s candidate.

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com in Washington, D.C.

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz believes Joe Biden is happy Kamala Harris lost.

Speaking on his podcast this week Cruz, who recently won reelection, told his audience that the president may be the person most pleased with Harris’ defeat.

‘I gotta say, there’s at least one Democrat right now who is celebrating, who is smiling ear to ear, who may well be the happiest man in the world, and that would be Joseph Robinette Biden,’ Cruz said.

The Texan noted how Biden looked joyful during a speech seeking to bring the country together after Donald Trump’s win.

‘He is joyful. And I’m going to wager you $20 bucks that Joe Biden and Jill Biden, they both pulled the lever for Donald Trump when they voted on Tuesday,’ the lawmaker continued.

Republican Senate candidate David McCormick became the projected winner Thursday of the Pennsylvania Senate race ousting incumbent Senator Bob Casey in a surprise upset after trailing him for months.

But with thousands of ballots yet to be counted, Casey has not conceded yet.

His filing to Chutkan, who is overseeing the January 6 case, follows reports that the Justice Department is exploring ways to wind down its cases against Trump now that he is president-elect.

‘As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025,’ Smith wrote in a new filing.

‘The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy,’ prosecutors wrote. They said the government will file a status report by December 2 ‘or otherwise inform the Court of the result of its deliberations.’

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com in Washington, D.C.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ teams are blaming each other for wasting over one billion dollars in donor cash on a doomed presidential campaign.

Since Donald Trump’s historic victory, Democrats have been in disarray over how their sizable war chest was not able to ward off the Republican who they consider a ‘threat to democracy.’

President Joe Biden’s poor performance in his June debate with Trump that led to his last-minute decision to drop out of the race is to blame for Kamala’s loss, Harris aides are saying.

But Biden staff say the vice president ran a terrible three-month campaign and squandered millions of dollars from their top donors.

‘How did you spend $1 billion and not win? What the f***?’ said a former Biden staffer infuriated by Harris team’s excuses.

Democrats are renewing a conversation that began in the Spring of 2024 about the need for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 70, to retire.

The fear among some is that Sotomayor could die during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term allowing him to select her replacement.

A better plan, they argue, is for her to step down and allow President Joe Biden to choose her replacement before he leaves office.

President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday after winning the election.

Billionaire Elon Musk was a guest on the call, accordiing to a report from Axios.

Musk told Zelensky that he would continue providing Ukraine with internet access from Starlink.

The call lasted about 25 minutes as Zelensky left reassured that Trump was committed to working with Ukraine to end the war with Russia.

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges for individuals involved in a thwarted Iran-backed plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before the election.

Three people were charged in the alleged Iran-backed murder-for-hire plot on Trump’s life.

Shakeri, 51, still remains at-large in Iran while Carlisle Rivera, 49, and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, were arrested in New York.

The criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on Friday alleges an unnamed official in the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact in September to put together a plan to surveil and kill Trump, according to the Associated Press.

Donald Trump has pulled off the biggest political comeback in history, becoming President once again with a thumping victory that sent shockwaves around the world.

He is on track to secure the Republicans their biggest win since 1988, despite a catalogue of polls ahead of the 2024 election predicting the race between Trump and Kamala Harris would be neck-and-neck.

In what has been dubbed a ‘red tsunami’, twice-impeached Trump – who survived two assassination attempts during a tumultuous campaign – is on course to thrash Harris by over 4million votes.

He could also secure all seven swing states, fuelled by him gaining territory among Hispanic and Black voters in heavily-contested battlegrounds.

It is a trend that has stunned opponents and already triggered soul-searching among Democrats, who critics say have taken the votes of ethnic groups for granted.

Votes are still being counted three days after Donald Trump’s historic election victory over Kamala Harris.

Senate races are still yet to be called in Arizona, where Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego are facing off, and in Nevada where Sam Brown and Jacky Rosen are battling it out.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) communications director David Bergstein said in a statement Friday about the remaining Senate races:

The remaining ballots being counted will continue to strengthen Democrats’ standing in our Senate races. When this process of counting the votes concludes Democrats will have won races in multiple states carried by Trump and successfully limited the GOP’s potential gains on their historically favorable map.

These results, which defy historical trends, are a stark demonstration of the strength of our candidates, and the unique support they have earned from voters of every political party in a challenging political atmosphere.

On Fox & Friends Friday morning, Burgum was asked by Brian Kilmeade about what he’s discussed with Trump regarding potentially joining his Cabinet.

Burgum didn’t directly answer his question, but said he was with Trump during his victory party in Palm Beach on Tuesday.

I was with him in Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night, and [I had an] opportunity to be with him midnight that morning in Grand Rapids when he took the stage at midnight, his fourth rally of the day, two hours on stage.

People need to understand that there isn’t anybody that works harder than President Trump, incredible once in a lifetime.

He went on to say that America’s allies are ‘excited’ about having Trump back in office.

‘They know policies will support allies and have maximum pressure under our adversaries. It was not like that with Biden. Fantastic new day with foreign policy.’

Well, as you know, President Trump and I were outsiders, both business guys and elected first time in public office back in November of 2016. That perspective, my spending 25 years building global companies had people working for me all over the world.

One thing I understand right now… is why such a powerful soft diplomacy tool. President Trump understands we are in an arms race with China and to have every job and every industry and affectings defense, we have more electricity.

There are fake, untrue, and probably illegal rumors and/or statements made by, perhaps, market manipulators or short sellers, that I am interested in selling shares of Truth.

THOSE RUMORS OR STATEMENTS ARE FALSE. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SELLING! I hereby request that the people who have set off these fake rumors or statements, and who may have done so in the past, be immediately investigated by the appropriate authorities.

Truth is an important part of our historic win, and I deeply believe in it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Former Hillary Clinton adviser Philippe Reines said the Democrats needed to get away from being ‘tagged’ as far left.

He told CNN:

I don’t like the fact that a small portion of our party is pretty much dictating where we are. We need to take stock of why we are being held hostage to the far left. No one should be and wants to be kowtowing to the extremes of their own parties. That just shouldn’t it.

To the extent that majority should rule the majority of Democrats don’t agree with the things that we are being tagged with. I think Democrats believe in common sense stuff more than you realize.

Reines added:

Most Democrats I know think there’s a huge problem at the border. Most Democrats I know think, frankly, that males at birth shouldn’t play a woman’s sports and vice versa.

It’s been less than 48 hours since Trump’s landslide victory over Kamala Harris, but his top supporters are already lining up to help him shape his vision over the next four years.

Greene, R-Ga., who has been one of Trump’s most ardent supporters in Congress over the years and was floated to be one of his VP picks, celebrated his victory at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.

Days later, she made it crystal clear that she’d like an administration position while speaking on a panel on Real America’s Voice.

As Donald Trump is elected the 47th president of the United States he is now set to compile a revolutionary White House cabinet of billionaires and MAGA allies.

Trump could begin the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials in the coming weeks.

But the Republican president-elect is also looking to create new positions, including a committee to audit the entire federal government which he has said would be headed by Tesla billionaire Elon Musk.

Trump, 78, has also promised to put rival-turned-endorser Robert F. Kennedy Jr in charge of the nation’s health agencies, but not in a job with the Department of Health and Human Services. The position would be that of a self-styled health-czar.

Fans are also urging Trump to give UFC boss Dana White a role in his administration after his shocking speech during the president-elect’s victory speech early Wednesday morning.

It is understood that Trump’s sons Eric Trump and Don Jr are playing a significant role in helping the president choose his second cabinet.

DailyMail.com takes a look at the top contenders for some of the key posts in Trump’s second administration…

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was spotted by C-SPAN’s cameras Wednesday in a heated exchange with Democratic strategist Donna Brazile at Vice President Kamala Harris’ concession address.

Pelosi and Brazile, who twice served as the acting chair of the Democratic National Committee, can be seen gesticulating as the camera hangs on them for several seconds.

Washington, D.C.’s Mayor Muriel Bowser stood between them, while Tom Perez, a former DNC chair, Labor Secretary and Biden White House official, hovered nearby.

The footage was shared on X by former Trump campaign official Steve Cortes.

‘Democrats in disarray: Nancy Pelosi is arguing with Donna Brazile at the Kamala Harris defeat speech,’ Cortes wrote.

A senior campaign advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris has deleted his X account after seemingly taking a swipe at President Joe Biden.

He then concluded the message by saying, ‘We dug out of a deep hole, but not enough,’ calling it a ‘devastating loss.’

Joe Rogan warned President-elect Donald Trump not to attack his haters on the left and just ‘Let them all talk their s—-.’

The comedian and UFC color commentator, 57, encouraged Trump to unite the country during his second term in office while speaking on his highly popular podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience.’

He told his guest Dave Smith: ‘This one is one of the first times ever where there’s a real chance to make real tangible change that’s gonna be for the good of everybody.

Kamala Harris’ campaign ended in $20million debt despite raising a record-breaking $1billion.

Politico reported that the Harris campaign had $118million the bank as of October 16.

But their enormous operation and ad spending put their campaign in the red.

It has sparked questions as to how the vice president still managed to lose despite an enormous spending spree.

Donald Trump will return to the White House carrying a long list of vendettas and the president-elect has vowed to clean house.

Since leaving the presidency after his first term in office, Trump has called for his political opponents to be fired, prosecuted and jailed.

Now with an apparent mandate to lead the nation, Trump is in a prime position to dole out punishment an enact revenge to those he believes have wronged him.

Here, DailyMail.com explores several individuals that he has had long standing run ins with who should probably have the most to fear.

Donald Trump is at Mar-a-Lago celebrating his historic victory over Kamala Harris and considering who he will bring to the White House to carry out his mandate.

Now the allies who have been by his side throughout the campaign and beyond want a seat at the table.

CNN reported on Friday that Trump loyalists are battling on the patio of the president-elect’s private club.

Less than 24 hours after his win, had reportedly already started going through names of potential cabinet picks with his transition chairs Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon.

GOP figures have also booked flights to Palm Beach to lobby for a position while others are working the phones to make their case.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is warning that the United States may be entering an era of ‘fascism and authoritarianism’ as the country prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to return to power.

The 35-year-old socialist-leaning New York congresswoman hopped on Instagram Wednesday to speak with her liberal followers about the election results where she painted an extremely bleak picture for the country’s future.

The leading member of the House Democrats’ progressive ‘Squad’ said the U.S. is entering a political period that will have consequences ‘for the rest of our lives.’

Less than 48 hours after his landslide victory over Kamala Harris, Donald Trump is already getting to work building his White House to carry out what could be a huge mandate.

The 78-year-old president-elect has been making calls from Mar-a-Lago – where he has been celebrating his dominant win – and making key decisions that will set up the framework for his second administration.

The Republican has been on the phone with more than 70 world leaders since the race was called for him and has already hinted that he would led Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell keep his job.

He’s been so focused in fact that his usually hectic social media feeds have been dormant since Tuesday. He hasn’t posted once.

The uncharacteristic offline nature of Trump’s past few days could indicate a shift in his attention from the campaign to the White House.

The Republican has been meeting with close confidants and campaign staff to work on filling out top administration roles with MAGA loyalists.

As President-elect Donald Trump delivered his election night victory speech on Tuesday, he singled out one person for special thanks.

‘Let me also express my tremendous appreciation for Susie…’ Trump said beaming and turning to family and staff crowding the stage at his Palm Beach, Florida campaign headquarters.

‘The job you did. Come, Susie. Come here Susie,’ he beckoned. ‘Susie likes to stay sort of in the back… We call her the ice maiden.’

Then the phalanx of towering, designer-clad women, including Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara and Don Jr’s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, parted and a gray-haired grandmother in a pale blouse and golden hoop earrings stepped forward.

Usually, when Trump invites someone to the lectern they almost trip over themselves to get there. But not Susie Wiles.

The 67-year-old shook the president-elect’s hand and smiled but when he suggested that she ‘say a few words,’ her eyes widened and she vigorously shook her head ‘no’.

The Iowa pollster who made a wildly inaccurate prediction that Kamala Harris would win in the deep-red state now claims her mistake may have actually helped Donald Trump.

J. Ann Selzer – previously renowned for her predictions in The Hawkeye State – admitted her research was completely wrong and might have even emboldened MAGA nation.

‘I told more than one news outlet that the findings from this last poll could actually energize and activate Republican voters who thought they would likely coast to victory,’ she wrote Thursday. ‘Maybe that’s what happened.’

Selzer added she was ‘thinking about how we got where we are.’

The bombshell admission comes as election returns continue to show good news for Trump, as Arizona and Nevada are expected to put him over 300 electoral votes with Republicans favored to keep hold of the House of Representatives.

Votes are still being counted in Arizona three days after the polls closed.

The state has still not officially been called for Donald Trump, but all eyes are on the remaining Senate and House battles that will have deep implications in Congress.

Trump ally Kari Lake is locked in a nail-biting battle with Democrat Ruben Gallego for the Senate.

Republican Rep. David Schweikert is also in a battle with Democrat Amish Shah for a House seat that could be a turning point in the fight for Congress.

As of Friday morning, the GOP only needed seven seats to take control.