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The Electoral College affirmed on Monday that Joe Biden won the presidential election. Less than a month ago, President Trump said he would leave the White House on January 20 if the Electoral College voted for Biden, but he is still pushing false claims about voter fraud.
“Time and again, President Trump’s lawyers presented their arguments to state officials, state legislatures, state and federal courts, and ultimately to the United States Supreme Court, twice.And in every case, no cause or evidence was found to reverse or question or dispute the results,” Biden said in a speech on Monday night. The “enormous political pressure, verbal abuse, and even threats of physical violence” regarding the election were “unconscionable,” he said. Here are some of the other rece
In a first, leading Republicans call Biden president-elect
By Lisa Mascaro Associated Press,Updated December 14, 2020, 9:05 p.m.
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President-elect Joe Biden spoke on Monday night after his Electoral College win.Drew Angerer/Getty
WASHINGTON (AP) â For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat Joe Biden is the winner of the presidential election, essentially abandoning President Donald Trumpâs assault on the outcome after the Electoral College certified the vote.
With states affirming the results, the Republicans faced a pivotal choice - to declare Biden the president-elect, as the tally showed, or keep standing silently by as Trump wages a potentially damaging campaign to overturn the election.
Some Republican senators coming around towards acknowledging Biden victory after electoral college passes 270
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AllahpunditPosted at 8:01 pm on December 14, 2020
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Quite a news day. In the span of about 10 hours, the U.S. passed 300,000 deaths from COVID, began distributing the Pfizer vaccine, had the Attorney General announce that he’s leaving, and formally elected a new president. California made it official at around 5:30 ET when its 55 electors finally pushed Biden over 270, but the shift towards acquiescence had already begun a few hours earlier when Newsmax Newsmax! began referring to him as the president-elect.
Biden and Harris to be sworn in at Capitol, but public urged to stay home By Grace Segers Biden on Inauguration plans amid pandemic
Washington President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office at the U.S. Capitol next month, following a tradition dating back to Thomas Jefferson, who was the first president to be sworn in Washington in 1801. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the traditional inauguration festivities will be far smaller than those in recent history.
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCIC) said in a statement on Wednesday that the event will be scaled down.
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