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Most Americans have chosen Democrat Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Still, the incumbent Donald Trump is trying to do everything he can to overturn Biden’s victory on the legal path. All news and updates at a glance:
Top Republican McConnell Acknowledges Biden’s Election Victory
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 4.30 p.m. Six weeks after the US presidential election, the influential Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Democrat Joe Biden as the winner. “The electoral council has spoken. So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,” McConnell said in the US Senate on Tuesday. McConnell is considered a close confidant of current President Donald Trump.
McConnell’s recognition of Biden’s election victory is particularly significant because his party colleague Trump still refuses to publicly acknowledge the election result and defeat. So far, few Republicans in the US Congress have publicly congratulated Biden on his victory.
Putin congratulates Biden on his electoral victory
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 9:12 am: As one of the last heads of state, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US elections. “For my part, I am ready to exchange ideas and contact you,” Putin said in a Kremlin statement. Putin wishes the president-elect “every success”. Russia and the United States have a special responsibility for world security and stability. Despite the differences, both parties could help “solve the many problems and challenges facing the world.”
The two largest nuclear powers are currently fighting to extend their latest “New Start” nuclear disarmament agreement, which ends in February. Relations between Russia and the United States are very tense due to various sanctions, among other things. Above all, Moscow wants to push forward the prefabricated construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline from Russia to Germany against the resistance of Washington. The nearly completed billion dollar project was halted a year ago due to US sanctions. A section will continue to be built this month. However, new US sanctions are on the horizon.
Previously, Biden’s victory in the presidential election over incumbent Donald Trump had been formally confirmed by the majority of the electorate. So far, Putin has not commented on the outcome of the November 3 elections. The Kremlin had declared that they wanted to wait for the official result.
Until now, Putin had indirectly offered Biden a collaboration. “We will cooperate with anyone who has the trust of the American people,” Putin said on state television on November 22. The winner of the election must be recognized by the opposing side or the final result must be legally confirmed.
Biden demands: Trump should admit defeat in election
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 2:06 am: Future US President Joe Biden has asked incumbent Donald Trump to acknowledge his electoral defeat. Democrat Biden pointed out in Wilmington, Delaware, that the electorate in the states gave him 306 of the 538 votes in his vote on Monday (local time). This corresponds exactly to the majority that Trump described as a “landslide victory” four years ago. “Those numbers represented a clear victory back then and I respectfully suggest that they do so now,” Biden said.
“In this fight for the soul of America, democracy won,” Biden said. “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation long ago. And now we know that nothing, not even a pandemic or abuse of power, can extinguish that flame.”
Trump continues to refuse to acknowledge his defeat. The 74-year-old is stripped of his victory by electoral fraud. Neither Trump nor his lawyers have provided evidence of this. Dozens of lawsuits were dismissed.
Trump’s attorney general Barr resigns
Monday, December 14, 2020, 11:59 pm: The attorney general of the United States, William Barr, requested his resignation as of December 23. Outgoing United States President Donald Trump distributed Barr’s resignation letter on his Twitter channel Tuesday night. In it, Barr thanked Trump for the opportunity to serve his country as attorney general for the second time.
Barr, who has brought the ministry closer to the White House than almost any of his predecessors, had fallen out of favor because he recently stated that there was no evidence of Trump’s allegations of widespread voter fraud that could influence the outcome of the election. Trump is said to have been extremely upset about this. Since then, there has been speculation about Barr’s early departure. Until now Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will head the ministry, Trump announced on Twitter.
The electoral vote confirms Biden’s victory in the US.
Monday, December 14, 2020, 11:44 pm: The votes of the electorate in almost all the states of the United States and the capital district of Washington have confirmed the victory of Democrat Joe Biden over current Donald Trump in the presidential elections. The California vote lifted Biden Monday night (local time) above the threshold of the 270 necessary votes. Biden wanted to speak after the electoral vote in all 50 states and the capital district. The president is indirectly elected in the United States.
The total of 538 electorates vote on behalf of the people. In the vast majority of states, the winner of the election gets all the votes of the local electorate. In Monday’s vote there were initially no deviations, all voters voted according to the results. The vote in Hawaii was still pending. That 78-year-old Biden won the election has been clear since November 7, when the mainstream American media, as is customary in the United States, proclaimed him the winner.
Based on certified state results, Biden was expected to get a total of 306 votes at the end of the electoral vote and the current Trump to receive 232 votes. The final overall results of the presidential election will be officially announced in Congress in Washington on January 6. The result is no longer legally debatable.
Biden is due to be sworn in on January 20 in Washington. On that day, Trump’s term ends automatically, even if he doesn’t admit defeat. Voting the electorate is a formality in normal election years because the losing candidate often admits defeat on election night. But Trump still claims that he actually won the election and sees himself stripped of his victory by massive fraud.
Many Republicans, including their top party colleagues in the United States Congress, have yet to publicly recognize Biden as the winner of the election. With a wave of lawsuits, Trump and his allies tried to tilt the election result in favor of the incumbent. Neither he, nor his lawyers nor his followers have provided evidence to support his far-reaching allegations. More than 50 lawsuits have already failed. On Friday, the Washington Supreme Court also dismissed a lawsuit aimed at overturning Biden’s victory in four states. Trump had declared over the weekend that he did not want to abandon the legal battle against his defeat just yet.
Georgia Senate Runoff Voting Begins
Monday, December 14, 2020, 9:20 am: In the US state of Georgia, early voting for the US Senate runoff elections begins Monday. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff face Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of the Republicans, who so far represent Georgia in the Senate. The vote could fundamentally change the majority in the Senate. The experts again had a high turnout, although not in a record as in the presidential elections of November.
Republicans only need to defend one of the two seats to maintain their majority in the Senate and make it difficult for President-elect Joe Biden to rule. However, if both Democrats Warnock and Ossoff win, there would be an impasse in which Biden’s Vice President Kamala Harris would have the deciding vote in the Senate.
The actual date of the elections is January 5. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of voters were able to vote early, as in November. In Georgia, this can be done by letter or by voting at one of the polling stations that are open for this purpose. In November, Biden received 65 percent of the vote by mail. Republicans were just ahead in early personal voting. In the end, Joe Biden won the state by an extremely narrow margin of less than 12,000 votes over Donald Trump.
Voters in the United States vote for presidents
Monday, December 14, 2020, 7:23 am: Almost six weeks after the US election, future President Joe Biden wants to take another major hurdle before he takes office: In all 50 US states and the Capital District of Washington, a total of 538 electorates will meet on Monday to vote on the future president. In the vast majority of states, the winner of the election gets all the votes of the local electorate. According to certified results, Democrat Biden has 306 constituencies and Republican Donald Trump 232. The result will not be officially announced until January 6 in Congress in Washington.
Biden is due to be sworn in on January 20 in Washington. Trump continues to oppose his defeat in the November 3 election. The president is indirectly elected in the United States. The winner is whoever can unite at least 270 voters. On Monday, each voter will receive their own ballot, which will be signed and sent to Vice President Mike Pence in his capacity as President of the United States Senate. Copies are sent to other state and federal government institutions. Biden announced that he would comment on Monday night (local time).
Voting by voters is often a formality because the losing candidate often admits defeat on election night. But Trump still claims that he actually won the election and is deprived of his victory by fraud. He wrote on Twitter on Sunday: “How do states and politicians confirm an election in which corruption and irregularities are constantly documented?” Neither Trump nor his lawyers or supporters have provided evidence to back up their allegations.
