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With enough votes cast in the Electoral College to confirm Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, some ardent supporters of President Trump are finally acknowledging his victory.
On Monday, Electoral College voters formalized the victory for Biden and Kamala Harris. The votes go to Capitol Hill to be counted by Congress on Jan. 6.
“Altogether, Vice President-elect Harris and I earned 306 electoral votes, well exceeding the 270 electoral votes needed to secure victory,” Biden said. “Three hundred and six electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes Donald Trump and Mike Pence received in 2016. At that time, President Trump called his Electoral College tally a landslide. By his own standards, these numbers represented a clear victory then. And I respectfully suggest they do so
McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect, says Electoral College has spoken
By Lisa Mascaro
GOP leader Mitch McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect
In a Dec. 15 speech on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell honored the Trump administration for its achievements and congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as the president-elect, saying the Electoral College has spoken.
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College “has spoken.”
The Republican leader s statement, delivered in a speech on the Senate floor, ends weeks of silence over President Donald Trump s defeat. It came a day after electors met Monday and affirmed Biden s election win.
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12/15/2020 9:01:18 PM GMT | By Joel Frank
NZD/USD is consolidating just beneath the 0.7100 level ahead of Q3 Current Account numbers.
NZD has benefitted from a broad risk-on wave on the back of stimulus hopes that undermined demand for USD.
NZD/USD has put in a solid performance thus far this Tuesday, and currently trades just to the south of the 0.7100 level. At present, the pair is trading with gains of around 20 pips or just under 0.3% on the day.
NZD boosted in tandem with other risk assets
Its been a risk-on day, with gains in the likes of USequities (the S&P 500 is trading over 1% higher) and crude oil markets (WTI is also trading over 1% higher) being driven by hopes that the US lawmakers can agree a deal on further Covid-19 in crunch talks which are slated to begin at 21:00GMT.