US First Lady Melania Trump has joined other members of her husband Donald Trump’s inner circle, asking him to accept the results of the US presidential election and acknowledge the defeat of President-elect Joe Biden, CNN reported.
A source familiar with the conversation told CNN that while Melania has not commented publicly on the election, she has weighed in privately with her opinion. “She has offered it, as she usually does,” said the source. Melania has campaigned alongside President Trump for his re-election bid, but has always been a silent observer. Even during Trump’s tenure, he chose not to make public statements on issues. Although on Twitter, Melania Trump echoed her husband’s views on electoral fraud, tweeting from her official White House account:
“The American people deserve fair elections. Every legal vote, not illegal, must be counted. We must protect our democracy with total transparency ”.
Not only Melania, but also Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and his senior adviser, had previously approached the president to grant the election, two sources told CNN. Although Trump has described this electoral race as “far from over.” White House aides have warned President Trump of his slim chances in any legal fight, the NYT reported, but Trump has insisted on his claims on Twitter saying that the media is quick to falsely portray Biden as the winner.
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President-elect Joe Biden had defeated Trump on Saturday in a very close election, securing victory with a victory in Pennsylvania that took him past the required electoral college threshold of 270 votes. He received more than 74 million votes, 4 million more than Trump and more than any other presidential candidate in history. Biden, a Washington figure for four decades, has served as a senator and then vice president during the Barack Obama administration.
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