Trump reclaims White House
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🗓️ 6 November 2024
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Summary
Former President Donald Trump will return to the Oval Office after winning several critical battleground states. Find the full results here.
USA TODAY Senior National Political Correspondent Sarah D. Wire reports from Philadelphia on how Pennsylvania voters viewed the candidates and the polarizing politics in their state.
Republicans have won control of the Senate.
Americans voted to protect abortion rights in several states, while a ballot amendment in Florida failed.
USA TODAY National News Reporter Lauren Villagran relays what some voters said about their experiences at the polls.
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, ad-free right now. |
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| 0:12.8 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. |
| 0:15.2 | Today is Wednesday, November 6th, 2024. |
| 0:18.3 | This is the excerpt. |
| 0:23.5 | Today, Donald Trump is headed back to the White House. Plus, we hear from the major |
| 0:27.6 | battleground state of Pennsylvania and Republicans win control of the Senate. |
| 0:34.4 | Republican nominee Donald Trump is returning to the Oval Office. Trump won North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, and the coveted prize of Pennsylvania, all critical swing states. |
| 0:45.0 | Results were still too close to call in Arizona, Michigan, and Nevada, though Trump held leads in all three as well as of early this morning. |
| 0:52.6 | Trump spoke to supporters with a victory speech that lasted |
| 0:55.3 | some 25 minutes well after 2 a.m. Eastern Time at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida. |
| 1:01.6 | Echoing comments he made on the campaign trail, Trump credited his quote political movement, |
| 1:06.4 | unquote, for winning a second term in office. We're going to fix everything about our country. |
| 1:13.3 | We made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that. |
| 1:19.0 | We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, and it is now clear that we've achieved |
| 1:25.5 | the most incredible political thing. |
| 1:28.6 | Look what happened. |
| 1:29.7 | Is this crazy? |
| 1:34.6 | But it's a political victory that our country is never seen before, nothing like this. |
| 1:43.2 | I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president. |
| 1:54.2 | Meanwhile, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris did not see the kind of support she had hoped for, |
| 1:59.2 | and she decided not to address supporters |
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