During her quasi-concession speech Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris told supporters she had called President-elect Donald Trump earlier in the day to congratulate him on his victory. Then came the knife. 

Harris said, “I also told him we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power. A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny.”