Biden reacts to confirmation of his election says it’s time to respect people’s will
Joe Biden, the U.S. President-elect, on Monday declared that it was time for outgoing President Donald Trump to concede defeat.
In his speech to the nation shortly after the Electoral College confirmed his victory in the Nov. 3 general election, Biden said the “will of the people prevailed”.
He made it clear that Trump’s refusal to accept defeat after his several lawsuits failed up to the Supreme Court was an “unprecedented assault on our democracy”.
Biden further stated, “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago, and we now know that nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can extinguish that flame.
“This is the biggest voter turnout in the history of the United States of America.
“The number is so big that this election now ranks the clearest demonstration of the true will of the American people.
“Together, Vice President-elect Harris and I earned 306 electoral votes, well exceeding the 270 electoral votes needed to secure victory.
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“Three hundred and six electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes that Donald Trump and Vice President Pence received when they won in 2016.”
“At the time, President Trump called the electoral college a landslide. And I respectfully suggest he does so now,” the president-elect said.
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