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Democrat Joe Biden was on the verge of winning the presidency after he opened narrow leads on President Donald Trump in critical states on the battlefield.
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As the race for the White House grew tighter, Democrats and Republicans clashed across the United States. Source: 1 NEWS
Biden had leads in Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia, putting him in a stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House.
The winner will lead a country facing a number of historic challenges, including the growing pandemic and deep political polarization.
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Donald Trump’s last speech from the White House was full of untruths and wild claims. Source: Reuters
Attention was focused on Pennsylvania, where Biden led Trump by more than 16,000 votes, and Nevada, where the Democrat led by about 22,000, as Americans spent a third full day after the election not knowing who will lead them for the next four. years.
The lengthy process added to anxiety for a nation whose racial and cultural divisions were fueled during the heated campaign.
Biden was at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, as the vote count continued, and attendees said he will address the nation in primetime.
Trump stayed in the White House and out of sight as more results came in, expanding Biden’s lead in Pennsylvania that he must win.
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Cooper did not hold back after Trump’s media speech today.
In the west wing, televisions stayed tuned to the news amid the trappings of normalcy, as reporters lined up for coronavirus tests and outdoor crews worked in the north lawn on a mild and muggy fall day. .
Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign was quiet, a dramatic difference from the day before, when he held a morning conference call to project confidence and held a series of hastily organized press conferences to announce litigation in key states.
Since his path to reelection seemed very narrow, Trump was testing how far he could go by using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in the vote.
On Thursday, he filed unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud to falsely argue that his rival was trying to seize power in an extraordinary effort by 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.
He took to Twitter today to promise more legal action, tweeting “Joe Biden should not unfairly claim the office of president. I could also make that claim. The legal proceedings are just beginning! “
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Dozens appeared chanting “stop voting” shortly after Joe Biden was declared to have won the state. Source: Associated Press
Trump claimed he won late on election night.
He also tweeted that he had “such a huge lead in all of these states until late on election night, only to see it miraculously disappear as the days passed,” although it was well known that votes cast before Tuesday were still counted. legally. .
Biden spent Thursday trying to ease tensions and project a more traditional image of presidential leadership. After participating in an information session on the coronavirus, he declared that “every ballot must be counted.”
“I ask everyone to stay calm. The process is working, ”Biden said. “It is the will of the voters. Nobody, nobody else to elect the president of the United States of America ”.
Trump’s erroneous assertions about the integrity of the election challenged Republicans now faced with a decision to break with a president who, although his grip on his office tightened, garnered sky-high approval ratings from rank-and-file members of the Republican Party. . That was especially true for those considering their own presidential race in 2024.
