Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighed in on the outcomes of the White Home race Wednesday, saying in an announcement that they hope President-elect Trump and his vice chairman, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), “will govern for all of us.”
“Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ran a positive, forward-looking campaign to be proud of. The American people have voted, and Donald Trump and J.D. Vance will be the next President and Vice President of the United States,” the Clintons mentioned of their assertion. “We wish them well and hope they will govern for all of us.”
The sentiment got here lower than a day after Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election early Wednesday morning. Republicans had been additionally in a position to flip the Senate, whereas the Home majority continues to be in query.
Of their assertion, the Clintons provided a message of unity, urging the nation to maneuver ahead and work collectively to unravel issues.
“We should keep in mind that America is larger than the outcomes of anybody election, and what we as residents do now will make the distinction between a nation that strikes ahead or one which falls again,” they wrote. “We have to resolve our issues and seize our alternatives collectively. The way forward for our nation will depend on it.”
Hillary Clinton, who ran an unsuccessful bid towards Trump in 2016, has been a staunch supporter of the vice chairman. After President Biden stepped except for the race, the previous New York senator mentioned she was hopeful voters would break the “glass ceiling” and elect Harris as president.
“Together, we’ve put a lot of cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling,” Clinton mentioned through the first evening of the Democratic Nationwide Conference in August.
For the reason that conference, each Clintons have stumped for Harris’s marketing campaign main as much as Election Day. The previous Democratic president packed his schedule with stops in key battleground states with the hopes of boosting her possibilities.
Former President Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama additionally endorsed the vice chairman and held rallies and fundraisers on behalf of her and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). Former President Carter, who turned 100 earlier this yr whereas on hospice, mentioned he hoped to make it lengthy sufficient to forged his vote for Harris — a want he fulfilled throughout Georgia’s early voting interval.
Harris conceded the election to Trump on Wednesday throughout remarks from her alma mater, Howard College, during which she additionally inspired a peaceable switch of energy.
