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- The Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has won the elections in the United States according to US media polls and forecasts.
- After the victory in the key state of Pennsylvania, Biden has more than 270 voters and is therefore unattainable against incumbent Donald Trump.
- Republican President Donald Trump has taken legal action against the results or the additional counting of votes cast in several states.
With the 77-year-old Biden, a professional politician has become the winner of the US election after businessman Trump won a surprise victory four years ago. Senator Kamala Harris would become the first African-American woman to serve as vice president. Biden had declared that the elections would be “the fight for the soul of this nation” since his candidacy against Trump was announced.
Joe Biden wants to address the nation with Vice President-elect of the United States, Kamala Harris. The speech will take place on Saturday night (local time / Sunday 2:00 am CET), several US media report, citing Biden’s campaign team.
Harris: “It’s about the soul of America”
The vice president-elect of the United States, Kamala Harris, promised in a first communication to the Americans that she would serve the country with Joe Biden. “This election is much more than Joe Biden and me. It’s about the soul of America and our willingness to fight for it, ”Harris wrote on Twitter after Joe Biden’s victory was declared. “We have a lot of work to do. Let’s get started.” Never before have a black woman and a black woman served as vice president in the United States.
Harris also shared a video that appears to show the moment he called congratulating Biden. “We did it. We did it, Joe. You will be the next president of the United States,” he said.
Trump does not want to acknowledge Biden’s victory
Donald Trump announced in an initial backlash that he would not acknowledge Biden’s victory. You present yourself as a victim of systematic electoral fraud without providing any substantiated evidence to support your claims. Due to the crown pandemic, millions of Americans had voted by letter, which is why the vote count had been prolonged.
“The simple fact is that this election is far from over,” said the Republican incumbent. “We all know why Joe Biden recklessly and falsely pretends to be the winner and why his allies in the media are trying to help him – they don’t want the truth out,” Trump said. “Joe Biden is not confirmed as the winner of any state, let alone the highly competitive states.”
Trump’s remarks have no legal impact at the moment, but mark an escalation of the political dispute over the elections. Trump has already taken legal action against the results or the additional counting of votes cast in several states. He has already announced that he will defend himself from defeat with a series of trials up to the Supreme Court.
High number of votes per letter
In the United States, it is common for presidential elections to be decided based on the forecasts of the mainstream media, usually on election night. Official results sometimes come much later. Due to the corona pandemic, millions of Americans had voted by letter this year, so the vote count took longer.
