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News By TooFab Staff | 11/6/2024 6:48 AM PT
Trump's win marks the first time a convicted felon has been elected president.
Donald Trump will return to the White House as he has been elected the 47th President of the United States, defeating Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
On late Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning, several news outlets, including FOX News, MSNCN and CNN, declared Trump the winner of the election after he surpassed the 270 electoral votes with a total of 277. While there are still some states that have yet to finish reporting, Trump cinched the presidency after he won multiple battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Wisconsin.
"We overcame obstacles that nobody ever thought we could," Trump said in part during his acceptance speech from West Palm Beach alongside his running mate JD Vance. "This will truly be the golden age of America."
Harris has not officially conceded the race. President Joe Biden has yet to comment.
Trump's win marks the first time a convicted felon has been elected president. At 87, he's also officially the oldest president-elect in history. Trump will become the second former president to serve two non-consecutive terms after Grover Cleveland, who was the 22nd and 24th president in the 1880s and 1890s.
Trump won the popular vote for the first time. He lost the popular vote in 2016 to Hilary Clinton, but won the electoral college. In 2020, he was defeated by Biden in both the popular vote and the electoral college vote.
In addition to winning the presidency, Republicans flipped the Senate. The House has yet to be called.
Following the news of Trump's win, stars across Hollywood and figures in the political world took to social media to react.
Trump's Win Shocks Hollywood
I am so deeply sorry. I thought better of us.
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) November 6, 2024 @MaryLTrumpso the election ISN’T rigged????
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) November 6, 2024 @AndyMadame Vice President you ran a great campaign. In 107 days you introduced yourself to the American people and defined what disqualified your opponent. You raised a billion dollars within a matter of days and put together a coalition of the most diverse group of American… pic.twitter.com/6IYelUFhGp
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) November 6, 2024 @WendellPierceIt is clear political pundits will go out of their way to rationalize the fact that the majority of Americans don’t have a problem with the fact that Donald Trump tried to overthrow the government . The majority of Americans did not have a problem with his racist remarks. The…
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) November 6, 2024 @WendellPierceWho would have guessed lying about Biden’s cognitive health for 2 yrs, refusing to do an open convention for a new nominee,
never mentioning public healthcare & embracing fracking,
the Cheneys & a yr long slaughter of children in Gaza wouldn’t be a winning strategy?
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Anyone with half a brain?
But I thought liberals’ whole thing is being smart?
It’s not?
They actually just blindly cheer the parade of rickety optics wrapped up in New York Times fonts that is the modern Dem Party?
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Well at least it’s time for the dusty hacks & careerists to spread their feathers wide post election and blame Russia and third party candidates.
That should fix things.
Trump Supporters Celebrate
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