‘Hard to believe’ – Ireland reacts to Donald Trump winning the US Presidential Election

Donald Trump was re-elected US Presidentaccording to projections in multiple key swing states.

Trump is expected to secure his way back to the White House by winning Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Georgia’s victory further narrowed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ path to victory after Mr. Trump earlier won in swing North Carolina.

The crowd at rival Kamala Harris’ watch party at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, DC, began to disperse after midnight.

A top ally of Harris sent her supporters home from her rally with no plan for the Democratic vice president’s speech.

“We will continue to fight throughout the night to make sure every vote is counted. “Everyone’s saying that,” said Cedric Richmond, co-chairman of the Harris campaign. “So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from him tomorrow. He’ll be back here tomorrow.”

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Meanwhile, the Republican former president addressed supporters at his campaign viewing party in Florida earlier Wednesday.

Citizens in Ireland reacted to the news in X. “I checked out and woke up at 2:45,” One said.

Another said: “It’s hard to believe that so many Americans want to see democracy die and fascism become the regime in their country. I understand rich people voting for Trump while getting privilege; middle class/working class getting nothing but freedoms” taken away. “

Where the election was won

Mr. Trump also won Florida, a one-time battleground state that swung heavily in favor of Republicans in recent elections. He also scored early victories in reliably Republican states like Texas, South Carolina and Indiana. Ms. Harris won the state of Virginia, which Mr. Trump visited in the final days of the campaign, and captured Democratic strongholds such as New York, New Mexico and California. Ms. Harris also won the Electoral College vote in Nebraska, which Republicans contested.

Trump’s campaign argued this would diminish Democrats’ traditional strength among black and Latino voters, with the former president releasing male-centered podcasts and making overtly racist appeals to both groups. Nationally, black and Latino voters appeared slightly less likely to support Ms. Harris than they were to support Joe Biden four years ago, and Mr. Trump’s support among those voters rose slightly from 2020, according to AP VoteCast.

The fate of democracy appeared to be the primary driver for Ms. Harris’s supporters, according to the wide-ranging poll of more than 110,000 voters; It’s a sign that the Democratic candidate’s persistent messages accusing Mr. Trump of being a fascist in the closing days of his campaign may have succeeded. nationwide.

It also resulted in a country mired in negativity and desperate for change. Mr. Trump’s supporters were largely focused on immigration and inflation; These are two issues that the former Republican president has focused on since the beginning of his campaign.

During his recent visits to North Carolina, Mr. Trump assessed the severe damage caused by Hurricane Helene, spread false claims about the federal government’s response and used GoFundMe to raise millions in donations for affected residents. Mr Trump initially praised Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, hailing him as “Martin Luther King on steroids”, but distanced himself after a report by US news channel CNN alleging Mr Robinson had made explicit racist and sexual posts on pornography. website’s message board more than a decade ago.

Mr. Robinson, who lost his race to Democratic attorney general Josh Stein on Tuesday, has denied writing the messages and filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN last month.

In another positive sign for Republicans, the party took control of the Senate after Trump-backed Bernie Moreno unseated the seat in Ohio that Democrat Sherrod Brown had held since 2007. The party picked up another seat when Republican Jim Justice won the open seat in West Virginia. It’s about Senator Joe Manchin’s retirement.

Those casting ballots on Election Day experienced a mostly smooth process, with long lines, technical issues and isolated reports of glitches, including ballot printing errors, occurring regularly. Federal election security officials said there were minor disruptions throughout the day but there was no evidence of any impact on the election system. Authorities determined that none of the bomb threats reported in multiple states were credible and did not affect voters’ ability to vote.

Ms. Harris, 60, will be the first woman, black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as president. He will also be the first vice president to win the White House in 36 years.

At 78, Trump will be the oldest president ever elected. He will also be the first defeated president to win another term in the White House in 132 years and the first convicted felon to head the Oval Office.

He survived an assassination attempt at a July rally by millimeters. Secret Service agents foiled a second attempt in September.