US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would give in if the Electoral College elected President-elect Joe Biden and leave the White House. But he vowed to continue the electoral fraud allegations until then, undeterred by the terrible impact of his demands and challenges.
“Certainly I will, and you know it,” Trump said when asked by reporters if he would leave the White House, which has become a concern as he has refused to acknowledge the outcome despite losing to Biden by a wide range of 306-. 232 in Electoral College votes, and by more than 5 million popular votes.
Trump has not yet relented. But he told reporters after traditional Thanksgiving messages to the US military that he will do so if the Electoral College elects Biden.
“It’s going to be a very difficult thing to concede,” he said, adding: “If they do, they made a mistake.”
Americans do not vote to directly elect their president. Instead, they elect electors, which are awarded to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in that state in a winner-takes-all system except two states.
In most election cycles, this would have been the next pro forma step: On the second Monday after the second Wednesday in December, voters back the candidate who is expected to win. Trump is trying to subvert the process and use this stage to further delay the inevitable.
Voters will meet in their respective states on December 8 to elect the president. And based on the current projected tally, pending full certification of the results by all states, Biden will win 306 of 528 total votes, down from 232 for Trump. Trump had won the 2016 election by the same tally and bragged about it as a landslide. At the end of the loser now, Trump is crying badly, with a buy down even among Republicans.
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