‘Ready for anything’: Report shows Harris team prepping for more than just election night

Where Kamala Harris will spend election night could include her alma mater, Howard University, as a headquarters, with multiple speeches and a variety of other venues also in the works, according to a new report.

With two weeks to go before Election Day, preparations are underway that include plans for the vice president to spend Nov. 5 in Washington, with Howard University considered “a leading contender for Harris’ election night headquarters,” NBC News reported Tuesday. The network added that other venues, including the D.C. convention center, are also reportedly being weighed by the Harris-Walz campaign.

But it’s not just election night that the Democratic ticket is ironing out details for, with plans stretching throughout the week while the campaign – and the country – wait for an outcome to the closer-than-ever election.

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“Precisely what Harris says publicly and the backdrop for her remarks would depend on how Election Day and the rest of the week unfolds, the people familiar with the planning said,” according to NBC News. One of those sources told the network: “Bottom line: We have to be ready for anything.”

The article notes that the Harris-Walz campaign also has a strategy for handling the possibility of Donald Trump declaring victory before the results are final, as the former president did in 2020, with possible legal challenges being prepared.

“Harris aides are also bracing for the possibility that Trump could lose but then seek to overturn the results through the courts, this person said,” NBC News reported. Harris had “a front row seat to how the process played out when Trump lost but repeatedly claimed he won,” the article added.

President Joe Biden and Harris both delivered victory speeches from Wilmington four days after Election Day in 2020 despite Trump’s continued insistence that he won the election.