Let’s end the “age of demonization” «kleinezeitung.at

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06.36 am, November 08, 2020

The president-elect of the United States Joe biden wants to reach out to supporters of defeated incumbent Donald Trump and work resolutely to contain the pandemic. “I promise to be a president who does not seek to divide, but to become one,” Biden said Saturday night in his Victory speech in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. He asked Trump supporters to give him the opportunity to work together for a better America.

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The victory speeches by Joe Biden and his elected US Vice President Kamala Harris in the US state of Delaware ushered in a new era in the United States.

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People spoke and he got a clear victory, Biden said.

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Harris also thanked the voters: they had chosen hope and unity, decency, science “and yes, the truth.”

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“Although I am the first woman in this position, I will not be the last,” said the future vice president.

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Biden vowed to be a president who would unite the country and not divide it. As a goal, he mentioned that the United States must be respected in the world again.

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The president-elect is a “healer,” someone who can America, Harris said.

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Addressing supporters of US President Donald Trump, he says he understands their disappointment. He suffered some defeats himself

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The victory speech in Wilmington was a triumph, and fans of the Democrats were also able to enjoy the fireworks.

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But enthusiasm was great elsewhere as well: People in the Democratic metropolis of New York stormed the streets in droves after Joe Biden was elected 46th president.

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“This is a great day for America,” said a New Yorker in Times Square, “the worst president in our history is gone”; Biden himself should see it very similarly.

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He was elected a Democrat, but he will be the president of the entire country and “will work just as hard for everyone who did not vote for me,” promised Biden (77). “It is time to put the harsh rhetoric aside,” demanded Biden. “Let’s give ourselves a chance,” he said. “Let this dark age of demonization come to an end here and now,” Biden said. His statements could be understood as a clear criticism of Trump’s aggressive style, although Biden did not comment directly on the Republican. Democrat Biden was declared the winner by the US media in the race for the White House on Saturday.

At least 279 voters turned out to Biden

Biden won at least 279 of the 538 electoral candidates assigned at the state level. He needed at least 270 to win. The number of voters for the 77-year-old could increase: Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Alaska have not declared winners. In Arizona with its eleven voters and Georgia with 16 voters, Biden is just ahead of Trump in the ongoing vote count. In the other two states, the incumbent has the upper hand.

As it stands, Biden and his “running mate” Kamala Harris got more than 74.5 million votes – a record in American history. Barack Obama had set the previous record in 2008 with around 69.5 million votes. Notably, the electoral loser Trump also surpassed this number this year, currently has almost 70.5 million votes.

Trump does not recognize Biden’s victory

Triumph However, he should not admit defeat and not acknowledge Biden’s victory. You present yourself as a victim of systematic electoral fraud without providing any substantiated evidence to support your claims. Due to the crown pandemic, millions of Americans had voted by letter, which is why the vote count had been prolonged.

On election night, Trump declared himself the winner in the White House during the ongoing count and announced that he would take his claim to the United States Supreme Court. In recent days, he has repeatedly made it clear that he continues to see himself as the rightful winner of the election. The 74-year-old had previously left open whether he would accept the election result and did not want to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power.

Trump’s team has among others in the state Arizona a lawsuit about alleged abuses in automatic voting brought. According to court documents in Maricopa County, the electoral district of the capital Phoenix, voters were instructed to press certain buttons in many cases Tuesday by employees at polling stations. As a result, thousands of votes were wrongly rejected.

Biden’s victory drew emotional reactions, including from CNN commentator Van Jones.

With Biden, a professional politician has become the winner of the US election after businessman Trump won a surprise victory four years ago. The senator Kamala harris she would become the first woman and African American to serve as vice president. Biden had declared that the elections would be “the fight for the soul of this nation” since his candidacy against Trump was announced.

In Tuesday’s vote, the 435 seats of the House of Representatives and about a third of the seats in the senate for optional. To govern, Biden could count on a majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives. His party was initially unable to secure control in the second chamber of parliament, the Senate. A majority in the United States Senate over the next two years will likely only be decided by two second-round elections in the state of Georgia in early January.

The race for the White House after Tuesday’s election was a truly chilling match. Trump was able to secure the key state of Florida early on, which Biden would have needed for a quick victory. The duel was always reduced to a closed decision in particularly competitive countries. Since Wednesday, the positive signs for Biden, who was confident of victory, increased.

For reference: what happened in the first 24 hours of the election