President Joe Biden won the popular vote in November by 8 million votes. But in a handful of battleground states, only a few tens of thousands of votes separated former President Donald Trump from a second term in office.
Within hours of the polls closing, many Republican officials began questioning the security and accuracy of the results, and they jumped to echo Trumpâs false claims that if he lost, it was because Democrats cheated.
Democrats, in turn, call this argument âthe big lie,â saying thereâs no evidence of fraud on a scale big enough to reverse former President Donald Trumpâs loss (a point made by Trumpâs own attorney general in December).
On Jan. 14, President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a new resume plan to aid those in need as the country continues to be affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic.