"I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time, but for the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case. But here's the thing, America, if it is, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, brilliant billion of stars."
"The reality of this election was plain to see on X, while most legacy media lied relentlessly to the public."
"The way he is being pushed toward poverty by those targeting him — after all he has done for this country — is appalling and it is clearly politically motivated."
"Wishing Donald Trump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love."
Democratic candidate Kamala Harris also called Trump on Wednesday to concede the race.
"There were appeals to racism in this campaign, and there is racial bias in this country and there is sexism in this country."
Since leaving the White House after his first term nearly four years ago, numerous federal and state-level cases have been brought against him, as well as multiple civil lawsuits.
"Losing is unfathomably painful. It is hard. This will take a long time to process. But the work of protecting America from the impacts of a Trump Presidency starts now."
"I vehemently disagree with the decision Americans made," Joy Behar said.
Harris did not make an appearance at her watch party, sending her campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond out instead to tell supporters in the early hours of Wednesday that she would address them later in the day.
This victory in Michigan marks a significant sweep for Trump in the "blue wall" states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
A majority of voters in Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin passed the constitutional amendments.
"The voters of Los Angeles County have spoken and have said enough is enough of D.A. Gascón’s pro-criminal extreme policies; they look forward to a safer future,” Hochman said in a statement early Wednesday.
Trump and Republicans ran ads opposing men in women's sports in nearly every state.
"She's run a campaign over the course of 107 days. That's not something we've seen in history. And there will be lots of questions about exactly that—the timing and the impact of that."