00:00Vice President Kamala Harris has lost the presidential election.
00:03We must accept the results of this election.
00:05Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory.
00:12I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.
00:22Her campaign, which only launched in July, has faced several challenges that contributed to this outcome.
00:30Harris's campaign focused heavily on abortion, overlooking key voter concerns this election cycle, such as the economy or immigration.
00:38Her campaign hoped that since abortion was on the ballot in 10 states, it would energize Democrats the same way it did in the 2022 midterms.
00:46But while many voters supported abortion rights in their states, it did not translate into a vote for a Democratic president.
00:52Harris also struggled with support among Arab-American voters.
00:55Many chose to protest the Biden administration's handling of Israel's bombing of Gaza and Lebanon.
01:01In Dearborn, Michigan, the city with the largest Arab-American population, Donald Trump received 42 percent of the vote and Jill Stein got 18 percent.
01:09In 2020, President Joe Biden won the city with 74 percent of the vote.
01:13Harris underperformed with Hispanic men as well.
01:16Early exit polls indicate that about half of these men voted for Trump in 2024, while just 36 percent voted for him in 2020.
01:23Trump has basically been on a nonstop campaign since he announced his first presidential run in 2015.
01:29In contrast, Harris only began her campaign in July after Biden dropped out.
01:33She had limited time to establish her own identity separate from the current unpopular administration.
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