Wisconsin: Biden’s victory over Trump confirmed after recount – US and Canada – International



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The recount of the votes of the elections of November 3 in the United States ended in two of the largest counties in Wisconsin, confirming the victory in that state for Democrat Joe Biden. over US President Donald Trump by more than 20,000 votes, US media reported.

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“After Milwaukee County completed its count on Friday and Dane County completed it on Sunday, there was little change in the final breakdown of the more than 800,000 ballots that had been cast in the two jurisdictions. As a result of the recount, Biden’s lead over Trump in Wisconsin grew by 87 votes “, stated ‘The Washington Post’.

According to this outlet, “Trump had to pay the bill for the partial recount, which means his campaign paid $ 3 million just to see Biden’s leadership expand.”

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Joe Biden president-elect

US President-elect Joe Biden.

Trump had said Saturday that the Wisconsin count was not “about finding errors in the count.” “It’s about finding people who have voted illegally.” The message was flagged by the social network Twitter as a claim “in dispute.”

Trump and his legal team, led by Rudy Giuliani, have made multiple claims of voter fraud on Twitter and in comments to the media. But those accusations have not surfaced in court, where evidence must be presented.

In fact, on Friday, a Trump-appointed judge in Pennsylvania took note of that discrepancy by rejecting the president’s attempt to reactivate a lawsuit that seeks to undo Biden’s state certification as a winner.

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“The charges of injustice are serious. But calling an election unfair doesn’t mean it is. The charges require specific indictments and then evidence. We have neither, “wrote United States Circuit Court Judge Stephanos Bibas.

Donald trump

Donald Trump, president of the United States, insists on saying that the elections were rigged.

In the last week the results have been made official in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, three of the key states that Trump lost in the elections and that underpin the victory of the Democrat.

For his part, Biden has already begun to announce some of the positions that will make up his cabinet, after confirmation by the Senate, such as the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and the Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Still, however, without receiving the traditional courtesy call from the loser in the elections. The closest thing to a concession of defeat occurred this Thursday. In questions from journalists, and after a call with troops deployed abroad on the occasion of Thanksgiving, about whether he will leave the White House if Biden is voted into the Electoral College, he responded: “I certainly will, and you know it.”

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* With Bloomberg and AFP

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