Donald Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits seeking to overturn the results in several states.
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- “He won because the election was rigged,” Donald Trump wrote on Twitter.
- Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by winning a series of battle states
- Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits seeking to revoke results in states
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President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to acknowledge the loss of the US election, but then backtracked and said he concedes “nothing,” while a top adviser to President-elect Joe Biden said a smooth transition is vital to national security. and to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden, who will take office on January 20, defeated Trump in the November 3 election by winning a series of battleground states that the Republican incumbent had won in 2016.
The former Democratic vice president also won the national popular vote by at least 5.5 million votes, or 3.6 percentage points, and some ballots are still counted.
Trump, who is pursuing risky litigation contesting election results in various states, made conflicting statements in a series of Twitter posts in which he initially appeared to publicly admit for the first time that Biden won, and then changed course. Trump also repeated unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud.
He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I grant NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was an EQUIPPED CHOICE!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2020
“He won because the election was rigged,” Trump wrote, without referring to Biden by name. “NO OBSERVERS OR OBSERVERS VOTE ALLOWED, vote tabulated by a private Radical Left company, Dominion, with a bad reputation and team that couldn’t even qualify for Texas (which I won by a lot!), The Fake & Silent Media, & more!”
About 90 minutes later, Trump wrote: “He only won in the eyes of FAKE MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was an EQUIPPED ELECTION!”
“WE WILL WIN!” added.
Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Biden’s choice for White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said: “Donald Trump’s Twitter does not make Joe Biden president or non-president. The people American did that. “
The General Services Administration’s decision, led by a Trump appointee, not to recognize Biden as president-elect has prevented Biden and his team from gaining access to government office space and funds normally awarded to an administration. incoming to ensure a smooth transition.
Klain called on the agency to formally recognize Biden and said it is critical to ensure the president-elect receives intelligence reports outlining national security threats before taking office and to facilitate coordination with the coronavirus task force. of the White House.
“Joe Biden will become president of the United States in the midst of an ongoing crisis. That has to be a smooth transition,” Klain said.
Klain also urged Congress to pass bipartisan legislation for coronavirus relief. Talks about such legislation stalled before the elections. Democratic leaders in Congress last week asked Republican lawmakers to join them in passing a relief measure before the end of the year.
“This could be a first example of post-election bipartisan action,” Klain said. Klain added that Biden’s team plans to meet with Pfizer Inc and other drug makers starting this week regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Klain previously said that a smooth transition is necessary to ensure the government is ready to launch a vaccine early next year.
Addressing the pandemic will be a top priority for Biden, and the United States posted record numbers of COVID-19 cases in recent days. More than 245,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.
Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” show, Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease expert, also urged swift transition efforts to help tackle the pandemic.
LEGAL STRATEGY
The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits seeking to overturn the results in several states, albeit without success. Legal experts have said that the litigation has little chance of altering the outcome of the elections.
Election officials from both parties have said there is no evidence of major wrongdoing. Democrats and other critics have accused Trump of trying to delegitimize Biden’s victory and undermine public confidence in the American electoral process. Before the election, Trump had refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power.
Senator Bernie Sanders, one of Biden’s main challengers to the Democratic presidential nomination, criticized Trump’s post-election conduct.
“Trump will have the distinction of doing more than anyone in the history of this country to undermine American democracy. The idea that he continues to tell his supporters that the only reason he may have lost this election was fraud is absolutely disgraceful. An anti-American thing to do, “Sanders said on” State of the Union. “
John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser turned critic, on Sunday called on Republicans to recognize Biden’s victory. Bolton last week accused fellow Republicans of “coddling” and “bowing” to Trump as the incumbent despite his loss.
“I think it is very important that the GOP leaders explain to our voters, that they are not as stupid as the Democrats think, that Trump has in fact lost the election and that his claims of voter fraud are unfounded,” Bolton said on ABC . Program “This week”.
Biden has won 306 votes in the state-by-state Electoral College system that determines the presidential winner, according to Edison Research, far more than the 270 needed to secure a majority. The states are in the process of certifying their election results. The Electoral College meets to formally vote for the new president on December 14.
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