{"id":123254,"date":"2024-11-07T23:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123254"},"modified":"2024-11-07T23:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:50:05","slug":"biden-refers-to-harris-loss-as-setback-after-trumps-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123254","title":{"rendered":"Biden refers to Harris&#8217; loss as &#8220;setback&#8221; after Trump&#8217;s victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington \u2014 <\/em>President Biden referred to Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; defeat by <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/donald-trump-win-presidency-2024\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the 2024 presidential election as a &#8220;setback&#8221; Thursday morning, in his first remarks on the election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable,&#8221; President Biden said. &#8220;A defeat does not mean we are defeated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he&#8217;d direct his administration to work with the president-elect&#8217;s team for a &#8220;peaceful and orderly transition&#8221; of power, urging the nation to embrace unity and restore its faith in America&#8217;s electoral system after Trump&#8217;s decisive victory over Harris.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;For over 200 years, America has carried on the greatest experiment in self-government in the history of the world,&#8221; the president said in an address in the White House Rose Garden, continuing, &#8220;where the people, the people vote and choose their own leaders and they do it peacefully. And where in a democracy, the will of the people always prevails.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president also praised Harris&#8217; campaign during his brief remarks, which lasted about six minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She ran an inspiring campaign, and everyone got to see something that I learned early on to respect so much \u2014 her character,&#8221; Mr Biden said. &#8220;She has a backbone like a ramrod, she has great character, true character. She gave her whole heart and effort, and she and her entire team should be proud of the campaign they ran.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Biden spoke with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kamala-harris-election-loss-speech-howard-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span> over the phone on Wednesday to congratulate her on her campaign, despite the loss. In a statement Wednesday he said when he backed her to become the nominee that\u00a0selecting Harris as his running mate was &#8220;the best decision I made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Biden \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/07\/001346ae-f5f4-4ce2-ac5e-b282a6f80d12\/thumbnail\/620x413\/966b20ca831fbc87adad3f6f2ea8adf6\/ap24309640397486.jpg?v=c1d30b1df13c40bf65c6c1e6d9ac4ad7 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/07\/001346ae-f5f4-4ce2-ac5e-b282a6f80d12\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/24a4593824042ea123cbbb4819a4907d\/ap24309640397486.jpg?v=c1d30b1df13c40bf65c6c1e6d9ac4ad7 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ben Curtis \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former president &#8220;looks forward to the meeting,&#8221; said Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung in a statement. He said Trump &#8220;very much appreciated the call.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the campaign, Mr. Biden repeatedly framed a possible Trump return to the White House as a threat to democracy, and the two men have been bitter rivals since they faced off in the 2020 presidential election. After Mr. Biden&#8217;s victory, Trump stalled the transition of power as he refused to accept the results of the election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Biden&#8217;s address to the nation came after Harris <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kamala-harris-election-loss-speech-howard-university\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">formally conceded<\/a><\/span> the race Wednesday afternoon in a speech delivered from her alma mater, Howard University, where she stressed that the results of the election must be accepted while reiterating her commitment to a peaceful transfer of power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results,&#8221; Harris said. She said that principle &#8220;distinguishes democracy from monarchy and tyranny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The vice president, who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/harris-economy-abortion-rights-new-ads-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped into the campaign<\/a><\/span> in late July, said that while she concedes the election, &#8220;I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kaia-hubbard\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kaia Hubbard<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Kaia Hubbard is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-speech-trump-election-2024\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington \u2014 President Biden referred to Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; defeat by Donald Trump\u00a0in the 2024 presidential election as a &#8220;setback&#8221; Thursday morning, in his first remarks on the election. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123254\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}