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In her concession speech, Vice President Kamala Harris promised a peaceful transition of power, a bedrock of American democracy that her opponent and President elect Donald Trump threatened in 2020.
But Harris also promised this while I.
Concede this election, I do not concede.
The fight that fueled this campaign.
Trump is on track to win the country's popular vote, the first Republican to do so in two decade.
His party controls the Senate and may take the House.
So he'll assume power come January with fewer political ways to check a leader who flippantly said that he'd be a dictator, but only for his first day in office.
I'm Leila Fauldid.
That's a Martinez.
And this is a special bonus episode of up first from NPR News.
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