VP Harris Expected To Speak Today About Results of 2024 Presidential Election

BY CURTIS BUNN | NBC News WASHINGTON — As midnight approached Tuesday night at Howard University, where a mass of Kamala Harris supporters gathered to await results of the presidential election, lingering anxiousness gave way to exhilaration. And then concern. Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris. (File) It was that way all night on “The Yard” at the historically Black college, which Harris graduated from in 1986. Moments of celebration were doused by projections that favored her rival, Republican Donald Trump. By the time Tuesday night crept into Wednesday morning, the concern of the unknown prevailed. “I wanted this to be a coronation tonight,” said Ben Eddins, a Howard alumnus. “She deserves it. But we have to wait and see. Whatever the results, this moment is special, and Kamala Harris is special.” Around 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond told the crowd that Harris would not address supporters. “We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called,” Richmond said. “You will hear from her tomorrow.” Hours before projections began to roll in, Tiara Martin, 18, said she understood the excitement that Black Americans, especially, felt after Barack Obama was elected the first Black...