It’s official: Biden confirmed as US president-elect by Electoral College
The U.S. Electoral College cast votes on Monday for a new president based on the 2020 election results, making Democrat Joe Biden’s White House victory official.
The former vice president has surpassed 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the White House after California, which has 55 Electoral College votes, the most of any state, put Biden over the top on Monday evening.
Electors in key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia and Arizona, where Trump had hotly contested but failed, voted with no surprises or defections.
Biden is expected to mark the occasion with an address to the country around 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday.
“Now it is time to turn the page. To unite. To heal,” Biden will say, according to an excerpt of his remarks released by his transition team.
“I will work just as hard for those of you who didn’t vote for me, as I will for those who did,” Biden will say, again vowing to be “a president for all Americans”.
After electors cast their ballots based on the 2020 election results in their respective states on Monday, those results will be certified and sent to Congress, the National Archives and to the courts. Congress will certify the results of the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6 as the next step in the presidential transition process.
Despite the Electoral College vote on Monday, Trump and his allies said they will continue their efforts to overturn the election results, arguing that Jan. 20, when the new president will be sworn in, is the only date set by the U.S. Constitution.
In Michigan, the state Capitol was closed during the electoral vote because of threats of violence and protests.
Dozens of lawsuits challenging the election results by Trump’s campaign and his allies have been dismissed at the state and federal levels across the country since the November election.
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Source: WASHINGTON, Xinhua
I hope that the loony brigade (Suzy Q, Vedo etc) who are ultra pro Trump and believe his desperate nonsense about the election have read this!
We must be proactive as a country in repairing and building new bridges with America.
The position publicly that was displayed of the closeness respectful relationship with the “infamous” outgoing “shamed and humiliated” that has much still to unfold, that relates to the 45th President of The United States of America – Donald J. Trump, was not totally nor comfortable, appreciated, by vast numbers of Hungarian citizens.
Governments in Power should stay out of and away from publicly disclosing giving opinions on individuals associated with another countries Political elections.
The bookmakers at Kincsem Park – collected BIG from Hungary – people from “all stations in life” – that wanted and backed Trump to win, be re-elected for a second term of office.
My mobile can ring out, if in my kitchen preparing a late night snack, and the caller indicates – DJT – better options to pursue support and back – going forward – for me personally and the future of Hungary.
Liberty Square – thankfully – a bust of the “infamous” individual, who has disgraced the office of The Presidency of The United States of America – defaced and mortally scaring and wounding the brand name America, his bust will never be seen in the company of other American Presidents -that overall, not perfectly, did good for mankind in there time in office, not leaving office or America as Trump is leaving – a Humanitarian Disaster and a Shambles.
Hungary knows Joseph R. Biden – the incoming 46th – President of The United States of America, will challenge political ideas and philosophies of our Government.
It would be politically Wrong – not to step back and find common grounds of interest that could work to Hungary’s advantage – thinking broader and wider for the European Union – into the future.