Did America end overnight? Electoral College Recognizes “Biden Wins Election” … Attorney General Barr “jumps out and leaves office” | Last 24 hours | udn Global

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Did America end overnight? The recognized Electoral College “BidenWinning the election ” … Attorney General Barr “ jumped in and left office ”

“Unfortunately, it’s not you, do you stay with me until the end?” The general situation is settled, but the 2020 US presidential election remains mired in political doubt. On the 14th, the electoral college of each state officially completed a symbolic vote.TriumphIn the end, only 232 votes were confirmed defeated and lost to Democratic challenger Biden with 306 votes. Due to the electoral litigation initiated by the Trump team, there is no effective opportunity for revocation. Thus, the Republican Congressional caucus also “renounces the resistance” after the Electoral College results were announced, including those who once described themselves as “steel freaks.” Senate elder Grim from South Carolina changed his words and admitted that “Biden won … is to be president.” However, faced with the disappointing results, Trump himself was left speechless. Instead, he publicly confirmed at the same time that his confidant “Justice Minister Barr” had resigned and would be leaving before December 23. But at the last moment, the staff wind blows. Why?

Once the Electoral College has finished voting, the relevant results will be awaiting the new United States Congress, which took office on January 3, 2021.The results of the verification procedures will be verified on January 6, before the handover ceremony for the old and new presidents is held on January 20. . Although there is still a tedious constitutional documentary procedure for the transfer of relevant regimes, it is traditionally a ritual and ritual routine in politics. If there is no major accident, Biden can still formally assume the position of “46th President of the United States” five weeks later.

“When the time is up, the starting music will always be played.” Republican Senate Elder No. 2 and majority party whip John Thune said indifferently accepting the Electoral College results:

Thun said that supporters of President Trump naturally have reasons to protest and vent, but rationally speaking, various systems and rules are very clear, “Biden is elected, and the rules are rules … they continue to boycott the elections. The group’s outcome of people is just useless. “

“Democracy … finally won the final victory in this long showdown of the American spirit!” Upon learning of the official Electoral College results, “President” Biden also announced his victory again in his hometown of Delaware. Selected speech: “Now we must move on to the next chapter, as always in history, we must come together and heal our wounds.”

In this long post-election war of attrition, Biden’s handover arrangements have been constantly under attack by the epidemic and Trump’s attempts to reverse the wind. However, with the continued failure of Trump’s court battle, reality is definitely set 40 days after the vote. Only President Trump himself has yet to express his opinion on the results of the Electoral College vote on the 14th. Therefore, in his second victory speech, Biden also condemned the Trump team and jointly signed the election of the four states. decisive with the day before. The resulting Republican House of Representatives “keeps trying to attack democracy … very irresponsible.”

Although last weekend, the streets of Washington, DC still showed protests and clashes between “supporters of the extreme right of Sichuan” and “anti-Sichuan Antifa”; But according to the latest poll released on the 14th by the conservative base camp “Fox News”, In fact, electoral conflicts and the questioning of conspiracy theories have gradually subsided over time.

“More than 79% of the American people are willing to support Biden as president … 58% of Republican supporters are willing to support, or” at least give him a chance to try. “

According to “Fox News,” among the three post-election emotional keywords, the highest responses from Democratic respondents were “hopeful” (90%), “sigh of relief” (87%) and “excited.” (79%), Republican supporters are relatively negative, they are “anger” (67%), “fear” (60%) and “shame” (59%).

However, when asked “Is there friction between family and friends on the issue of the elections?”, 58% of the respondents said “It’s fine … very peaceful”, which is the same as after the elections. from 2016, “Over 51% The outcome of the election disputes appeared to be much more relaxed.

The war-weary conservative sentiment revealed on “Fox” is largely reflected in the general opinion of the Republican Party and within the Congressional caucus. For example, Senate elder Lindsey Graham, who supported Trump’s call for the election immediately after the election, changed his words and admitted on the 14th that “Biden is the future winning president.” Tian: “We already made a phone call with Biden … I look forward to continuing to monitor and cooperate with the new regime in future policy advocacy.”

Although several Republican elders who spoke out actively argued that “the post-election uncertainty should end as soon as possible,” there are still some Trump loyalists in Congress trying to win Congress on January 6. The Electoral College confirmed that on the agenda, a proposal to question the outcome of a particular indecisive state, even if the possibility of a reversal of the relevant protests is minimal, can still clearly express and win the personal support and position of the president Trump, but this idea is currently in progress. He found public repression by many Republican elders, “This kind of beast fighting has no chance of winning and is unreasonable … Besides creating further division and violence, it is simply useless.”

But as Congress continued to pay attention to the electoral college vote, President Trump’s Twitter sent unexpected news:

“I just had a long talk with Attorney General Barr at the White House. Our relationship is still very harmonious, and he did a great job during his tenure! But as he said in his resignation letter, Barr will be here on Christmas Day. . I left the Federal Ministry of Justice so that I could spend more time with my family during the annual holidays … “

In other words, when Trump’s election litigation strategy has entered the final fight, and the president’s term should be only the last five weeks, the most loyal but most controversial federal attorney general of his term has to “be more with his family”. Resign 28 days before?

“Reuters” and “Capitol Hill” stated that while the “literal descriptions” between President Trump and Barr emphasized the cooperation and mutual respect of the two people; But in the 72 hours before Barr submitted his resignation, Trump repeatedly berated Barr for not being adequate: “Knowing that Biden’s son had to pay taxes before the election, why didn’t he come and tell me?” At the same time, Barr was also angered by the lack of absolute evidence for “Trump’s accusation of unfair voter fraud.” The president of the United States has scolded and criticized him.

Thus, while the defeat in the election is difficult to reverse and the post-election litigation has been repeatedly defeated, Barr’s departure is also seen as an “intentional abandonment of the ship on the countdown.” However, the White House insisted in the Washington Post: “Barr was not fired by Trump. The two parted ways peacefully.”