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IIn case you are among the many around the world who have been waking up in the middle of the night to check your phone for updates on the American elections (don’t worry, we’re all guilty of that), here’s what what happened during the night:
Democrat Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States and offered himself to the nation as a leader who “does not seek to divide, but to unify” a country in the grip of a historic pandemic and economic and social upheaval.
Biden said in a primetime victory speech not far from his home in Delaware this morning (UK time): “I sought out this office to restore the soul of America and make America respected around the world again and join us here at home.. “
Biden crossed the winning threshold of 270 Electoral College votes with a victory in Pennsylvania. His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials reviewed a flurry of mail-in ballots that delayed processing.
Trump refused to budge and threatened further legal action over the vote count.
But Biden used his acceptance speech as an olive branch for those who didn’t vote for him, telling Trump voters that he understood their disappointment, but added: “Let’s give us a chance.”
“It is time to put aside the harsh rhetoric, to lower the temperature, to meet again, to listen to each other, to move forward, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy,” he said.
“We are not enemies. We are Americans.”
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