Harris will implore her supporters to accept election, aides say

Vice President Kamala Harris will implore her supporters across the nation to accept the results of the presidential election during an afternoon concession speech at Howard University, aides say, in an address that is intended to strike similar themes to the closing days of her campaign. She’ll also urge the country to work together to find areas of “common ground.”

Harris has reached out to President-elect Donald Trump, aides tell CNN, but has yet to connect with him today. It is her intention, aides say, to speak with him before her 4 p.m. address.

The vice president is working on her concession speech at the Naval Observatory, alongside her lead speechwriter Adam Frankel and other advisers. The remarks are still coming together, aides say, but they expect her to thank her supporters and offer a message aimed at the younger voters she often reached out to on the campaign trail.

The Harris campaign invited supporters to return to the Yard at Howard University, where a night of dancing and jubilation steadily turned into disappointment for thousands of followers as election returns came in. Many stayed past midnight, but began leaving when it became clear Harris would not make an appearance.