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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has launched a transition website as he approaches the 270 votes needed to defeat US President Donald Trump.
On Wednesday (local time), Biden took the lead with 264 votes to Trump’s 214 after he won the two battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has launched a transition website as he approaches the 270 votes needed to defeat US President Donald Trump.
The victories have led him to launch a website, buildbackbetter.com, that features Biden along with the headline “Biden-Harris Transition.”
Below it says: “The American people will determine who will serve as the next president of the United States. Votes are still being counted in various states around the country.
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“The crises facing the country are serious, from a pandemic to an economic recession, from climate change to racial injustice, and the transition team will continue to prepare at full speed so that the Biden-Harris Administration can begin work from the first day”.
Biden, who has received more than 71 million votes, the most in history, was joined by his running mate Kamala Harris at an afternoon news conference and said he now hoped to win the presidency, although he did not testify. openly victory.
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“When the count is over, we believe we will be the winners,” he said.
“Every vote must be counted.” He added: “We, the people, will not be silenced.”
“I will rule as American president. There will be no red states or blue states when we win. Only the United States of America. “
The Trump campaign filed demands to stop the counting of votes in Michigan and Pennsylvania, while demanding a recount in Wisconsin, where Biden has more than 20,000 votes ahead.
It comes after Trump falsely claimed victories in states he had not won, and even preemptively affirmed the victory of the US presidency.
“Frankly, we won this election,” Trump said, promising to ask the Supreme Court to issue a ruling ordering “all voters to stop.”
