Kamala Harris’s speech conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump was a doomed effort to stay atop the Democratic Party after she led it to crushing defeat.

After her loss became clear on Tuesday, it took 18 hours to compose the rhetorical flights of fancy she wanted, supposedly to inspire hope amid a Trumpian darkness closing in on her weeping followers.

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