Kamala Harris concedes to Trump but urges supporters to ‘never give up’

Democratic nominee calls on US citizens shattered by election result to organize, mobilize and stay engaged'

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Kamala Harris conceded the election to Donald Trump on Wednesday, urging Americans devastated by the result to not despair" but to stay engaged and remain vigilant in the fight to protect American democracy.

Under a dramatic orange sky, the vice-president arrived on stage to chants of Kamala!" from the grounds of her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington. The speech came the afternoon after Trump surged past the 270 votes needed to win the electoral college, in a stunning political comeback nearly four years after his refusal to concede power incited a violent attack on the seat of American government.