A protester reads a banner on display at Black Lives Matter Plaza, Thursday, Nov.5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
Live Updates of 2020 US Election Results:
President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go by using the traps of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week’s election against Joe Biden as the Democrat gained ground in close races in key states on the battlefield, and then progressed bit by bit in Georgia.
With his reelection path seeming to shrink, Trump on Thursday filed unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud to falsely argue that his rival was trying to seize power. It was an extraordinary effort on the part of a sitting US president to cast doubt on the democratic process. This is a case where they’re trying to steal an election, they’re trying to rig an election, Trump said from the podium in the White House meeting room.
Comments from Republican presidents deepened the sense of anxiety in the United States as Americans enter their third full day after the election without knowing who will serve as president for the next four years. His remarks also prompted a reprimand from some fellow Republicans, particularly those seeking to steer the party in a different direction in a post-Trump era.
Neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. But Biden overshadowed Trump in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial Midwestern battlefield states overtook the president in Georgia early Friday and were getting closer and closer to doing the same in Pennsylvania, where votes were still being counted.
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