2020 US Elections: Biden: “We Will Win This Election”

US President Donald Trump’s election campaign team remained optimistic on Friday. After challenger Joe Biden took the lead in four states that were still open, Trump’s team legal director Matt Morgan said, “This election is not over.” Biden’s predictions of election victories in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona are based on results that are far from complete. “As soon as the election is over, President Trump will be re-elected,” Morgan said.

In Pennsylvania there were “many irregularities,” it said in a written statement. Volunteers on Trump’s team were barred from the vote count. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said Thursday that candidate and party representatives had registered for the vote count and were present. So far, Trump’s team has yet to provide any concrete evidence of the alleged “wrongdoing.”

In Georgia Morgan announced that there would be a vote recount. “We are confident that we will find ballot papers that were incorrectly collected.”

In Nevada Thousands of votes were illegally cast by mail. And in Arizona Trump will get a majority, “despite irresponsible and erroneous reporting” from the AP news agency and Fox television station about a majority for Biden in this state. Both outlets had already reached the conclusion on election night based on their own calculations of the first results and analysis of more data that Biden has a majority in Arizona. Other media remain cautious. Initially, Watson also reported Biden’s victory in Arizona, but withdrew this report. (sda / dpa)