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The Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, called Joe Biden “president-elect” of United States, at a time when the candidate surpasses President Donald Trump in the vote counts in several key states but a winner has yet to be declared.
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“This morning it’s clear that the Biden-Harris team is going to win the White House,” Pelosi said of Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris.
“The president-elect Biden he has a strong mandate to lead, “he told reporters after the former vice president passed Trump in the scrutiny in the potentially decisive state of Pennsylvania.
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“It is a happy day for our country. Joe Biden is a unifier, because he is determined to bring people together,” he added.
Just a favorable result in Pennsylvania would be enough for Biden to get the magic number of 270 votes in the Electoral College and become the next president.
Trump’s campaign team questions his opponent’s slight advantage in several key states and insists the election “is not over.”
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With the current results, the Democrats would maintain control of the lower house although they lose several seats, a great disappointment for the party, which was hoping to expand its majority.
Pelosi played down the losses, but said the next House elections in 2022 “will be a steeper rise” without Triumph on the ballot Majority in the Senate would remain in the hands of Republicans
AFP
