Millions of Black Americans had hoped to awaken the day after the 2024 presidential Election and find that Democratic candidate Kamala Harris had won the White House, making history as the nation’s first female president. But Donald Trump claimed the historical development as only the second president elected to non-consecutive terms.
“We made history,” Trump said to supporters at his campaign headquarters in Florida. “We overcame obstacles that no one thought possible.”
Trump’s victory included Republican control of the Senate and possibly the House of Representatives.
At a time when America is bitterly divided, the president-elect said, “We have country that needs help very badly.”
Democrats began reevaluating the trajectory of the 2024 presidential election.
Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State, said, “I thought the Blue Wall would hold.”
The Harris campaign believed it could win swing states Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania which are known as the “Blue Wall.”
Winbush added, “Harris only had 100 days to put together a national campaign.” He and other political pundits suggest Democrats’ chances of winning might have been much greater if President Joe Biden had decided to withdraw from the race a year ago.
For Black Americans and the rest of the country, Winbush described Trump’s win as “the darkest day in America” since Fort Sumter was fired upon, which was the start of the Civil War, and he believes there will be deep regret.
“The Germans regretted, within six months, that they had voted for Hitler,” Winbush explained.
Trump has been criticized for his praise of Adolf Hitler and other fascist leaders.
As the election evening wound down and the results showing a “red wave” were announced, Trump told his supporters that they have an “unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
Vice-President Kamala Harris is expected to deliver a speech to her supporters later today.
