Obamas and Clintons react to Trump victory: ‘Not the outcome we hoped for’
By
Brady Knox
November 6, 2024 8:24 pm
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Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former first ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on winning the 2024 presidential election.
Trump won a historic victory on Tuesday, becoming the first Republican since 2004 to win the popular vote. The Obamas and Clintons had gone all in on Vice President Kamala Harris, hitting the campaign trail to advocate her. Despite giving increasingly dire warnings about Trump in the final weeks of the election, Harris lost in one of the largest Democratic defeats since the Reagan landslide in 1984.
The Obamas and Clintons both released statements on Wednesday congratulating Trump on his victory while also praising Harris’s campaign.
“Over the last few weeks and through Election Day, millions of Americans cast their votes not just for president, but for leaders at every level,” the Obamas’ statement read. “Now the results are in, and we want to congratulate President Trump and Senator Vance on their victory.”
They acknowledged that the results were “obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues.”
“But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power,” their statement added.
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