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U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell, a retiring Republican from Michigan, says he is disaffiliating from the GOP and becoming an independent for the rest of his term.
His decision was announced on Monday as members of the Electoral College were meeting around the country to formally verify the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election. Democrat Joe Biden flipped Michigan on his way to winning the White House, but President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are fighting the results as they try to subvert the will of the voters.
In a letter to Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel and House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, Mitchell wrote, “It is unacceptable for political candidates to treat our election system as though we are a third-world nation and incite distrust of something so basic as the sanctity of our vote.”
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Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) will soon have an open seat on its Board of Directors. Former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice will exit the video-streaming veteran s governing group in order to direct President-elect Joe Biden s Domestic Policy Council. The change will take place on Biden s Inauguration Day in January.
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December 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the Electoral College meeting (all times local):
Electors are gathering in 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to formally vote for the next president. Most states have laws binding their electors to the winner of the popular vote in their state. Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 election with 306 Electoral College votes, while President Donald Trump finished with 232. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
TALLY OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AS OF 5:13 P.M. EST
Democrat Joe Biden: 302
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The Electoral College has finished voting to solidify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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Joe Biden is confirmed as President-Elect of the Unites States.
The Electoral College got together Monday and re-affirmed the 306-232 margin of victory for Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris
Biden, in an address, says his victory is similar to the one President Donald Trump had in 2016, which should signal to the current president to finally accept the defeat.
“The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago,” stresses Biden. “And we now know that nothing – not even a pandemic or an abuse of power – can extinguish that flame.”
The Biden-Harris ticket also won the popular vote by over seven million ballots.