USA, Biden elected president: “Now let’s turn the page”

Published on: 12/14/2020 11:44 PM

Joe Biden is the new president of the United States. The Democratic candidate has passed the threshold of 270 votes cast by large voters. The milestone was reached with 55 electoral votes from California, expressed at the meeting organized in Sacramento. In fact, with California’s 55 electoral votes, Biden wins 302 voters, far exceeding the quorum. In California, CNN reports, Biden won with more than 63% of the vote statewide, while Trump won about 34%.

Today’s vote formalizes Biden’s victory in the November 3 election and virtually ends Donald Trump’s attempts to challenge the validity of the electoral process based on allegations of alleged fraud that would have occurred in some key states. The next step will be on January 6, when Congress, in a joint session headed by Vice President Mike Pence, must verify and ratify the vote of the Electoral College. Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris, are expected to be sworn in on January 20 at noon.

BIDEN’S SPEECH – “In the battle for the soul of the United States, democracy won. We, the People, voted. Faith in our institutions remained. The integrity of our elections remains intact.” Thus Joe Biden in the speech with which, as anticipated by the president-elect’s staff, he will greet the conclusion of the Electoral College meeting and the final ratification of his electoral victory. “Now is the time to turn the page, to unite, to heal the wounds,” continues Biden’s speech, echoing the tones used on November 7 when he proclaimed his victory that Donald Trump has never recognized, challenging him with dozens of appeals that are were rejected in all legal offices up to the Supreme Court. “As I said throughout the campaign I will be the president of all Americans – continues the speech that Biden will give later – I will be the president of all Americans. I will work hard for those who did not vote for me as well as for those who have me. . voted “.

“If someone did not know yet, now we know: what beats in the hearts of Americans is democracy,” continues Biden, underlining “the right to be heard, to have the vote considered, to elect the leaders of our nation. ” “.

“In the United States, politicians do not take power, it is the people who give it to them,” explains Biden, underlining that “the torch of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago and we know that nothing, not even a pandemic or a abuse of power – may put out the flame. “

“We have an urgent job ahead of us: bring the pandemic under control to vaccinate the nation against this virus,” he continues. The president-elect then emphasized the need to provide “the immediate, much-needed financial assistance to so many Americans who are affected today.” And he reiterated his intention to “rebuild the best economy in our history.”