Mary Trump, Donald Trump's estranged niece and a vocal critic of her uncle, responded to Trump's election win on social media early on Wednesday.
Trump declared victory from Florida in the early hours of Wednesday morning after he obtained enough electoral votes to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris and return to the White House for a second term. In his victory speech, Trump pledged to "help our country heal."
"This is a magnificent victory for the American people, that will allow us to make America great again," he told the crowd in West Palm Beach, Florida. "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate."
"It's a political victory that our country is never seen before, nothing like this," he added. "I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president."
Five states remain undecided as of Wednesday morning, including the battleground states of Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan, but even if Harris is declared victor of all five, she will not have enough electoral votes to win the election. The Associated Press has declared Trump the victor, given the most recent count puts the former president at 277 electoral votes to Harris' 224.
While some people celebrated the Republican victory across the nation, others grieved Harris' loss and voiced their concern of what was to come, including Trump's niece.
"I am so deeply sorry. I thought better of us," Mary Trump posted on X, formerly Twitter, in the early morning hours on Wednesday morning, after Trump declared victory.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign by email for comment.
Mary Trump, who has said that Trump is showing "cognitive decline," previously predicted that her uncle would declare victory early and, should he not win, incite political unrest. Prior to the election, Trump said he would concede should he lose a "fair" race.
Following his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, Trump continually made false claims of voter fraud and frequently said that the election was rigged. Trump refused to acknowledge Biden fairly won that election, and his supporters later stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as a part of an alleged attempt to stop the certification of the results.
In addition to securing the presidency, The Associated Press also declared Republicans the victors of the U.S. Senate, which is currently controlled by Democrats, although six seats have yet to be confirmed. The Associated Press has already called the Senate race, with Republicans securing 52 of the 50 needed seats for control, whereas Democrats have 42.
Meanwhile, 57 elections have yet to be won for the U.S. House, currently controlled by Republicans. The most recent tally shows Republicans leading the lower chamber with 199 of the needed 218 seats, while Democrats have won 180, given The Associated Press reporting.
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