Cedric Richmond, co-chair of the Democratic Party, announced just before 1 a.m. EST on Wednesday morning that Vice President Harris would not speak to supporters gathered at Howard University at a hoped-for election victory celebration.
“I want to say good evening to all of the Harris campaign, the campaign family, thank you for all that you have done. Thank you for being here. Thank you for being believing in the promise of America,” Richmond said.
“We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken. So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow. She will be back here tomorrow to address not only the HU family, not only to address our supporters, but to address the nation. So thank you. We believe in you, may God bless you, may God keep you and go HU, and go Harris,” he wrote.
Richmond made the announcement as Harris’ margins in Pennsylvania, now a must-win state for the Democratic nominee, remained tight and below comparable totals for Joe Biden in 2020.