Dec 15, 2020
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 300,000 Monday, as the first Americans were vaccinated outside of a clinical setting. In Queens, New York, the former epicenter of the pandemic, intensive care unit director and critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay was first in line for an injection of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Michelle Chester administered the inoculation. Both women are African American. Lindsay said afterward she hoped to set an example for other African Americans who might be skeptical of the vaccine, based on the U.S.’s sordid history of medical experimentation on Black people.
Sandra Lindsay: “It was an emotional experience. Working on the frontlines alongside my team, I saw a lot of pain, hurt, suffering, death, and so I felt a huge sense of relief after I got the vaccine. I was not nervous, because, as I’ve mentioned before, I trust the science. So I had no hesitation when I was asked if I would take the vaccine.”
HeadlineDec 15, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden officially won the Electoral College Monday, as electors met in their respective state capitals to formalize his victory, even as President Trump continued to claim without evidence he was the victim of a massive conspiracy to rig the election.
In Lansing, Michigan, authorities closed the state Capitol and surrounding buildings after receiving credible threats of violence. Michigan Republican lawmakers sanctioned GOP state Representative Gary Eisen after he suggested he was part of a group seeking to disrupt the Electoral College vote and refused to rule out the possibility of violence.
In Arizona, Electoral College members met in a secret location after 11 Democratic electors received threats.
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MADISON, Wis. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled against a lawsuit looking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in the state.
On Friday, a Racine County judge affirmed the presidential recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties, delivering another blow to lawsuit efforts from the Trump campaign in Wisconsin.
Trump was pushing to overturn Joe Biden’s narrow win in Wisconsin with both a state and federal lawsuit in the state. The Texas attorney general also filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court against Wisconsin and other swing states. The court ruled not to take the case because justices did not believe the Texas AG had standing to bring the suit. Justices also noted they would not have disqualified the electors in the four swing states based on the merits in the lawsuit.
Wisconsin s 10 electoral votes officially go to Joe Biden
MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) Gov. Tony Evers on Monday, Dec. 14, announced Wisconsin s 10 Electoral College votes will go to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
“Now more than ever, our country deserves leaders who will put people first and return kindness, empathy, and compassion back to the White House,” said Gov. Evers. “That’s why today we were proud vote unanimously to assign Wisconsin’s 10 electoral college votes to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.”
Wisconsin’s Electoral College met Monday at the Wisconsin State Capitol to officially assign Wisconsin’s Electoral College votes. On Nov. 30, 2020, Gov. Evers signed the Certificate of Ascertainment, certifying Wisconsin’s election results and the slate of electors for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.