[applause] joe biden good afternoon, everyone. I are here to make a brief statement and im sure we will have more to say later either tonight or tomorrow. Let me begin by thanking the press for being here. My fellow americans, yesterday once again proved democracy is the heartbeat of the nation. Two as it has been for centuries. Avon in the face of a pandemic, more americans even in the face of a pandemic, more voted than in history. It is extraordinary. If we had any doubts, we should not any longer about a government of, by, and for the people. Americary much alive in. Here, the people rule. Power cannot be taken or asserted. It flows from the people. Determines will that who will be president , and there their will it is that determines who will be president and their will alone. It is becoming clear we will reach enough votes. I am not here declaring we have won, but i am here to report that when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. Wonotes counted, we have wisconsin by 20,000 votes. Virtually the same margin trump there there four years ago. In michigan, we are leading on the margin is growing. Than trump had in michigan in 2016. Michigan will complete their vote soon, maybe as early as today and i feel confident and i feel very good about pennsylvania. Virtually all of the remaining ballots left to be counted were cast by mail and we have been winning 78 of the male and votes in pennsylvania. We flipped arizona mail in votes in pennsylvania. We flipped arizona and nebraska. Majority of the American People and every indication is that majority will grow. The popular vote leads with 3 million votes. Indeed, senator harris and i are on track to win more votes than any ticket in the history of won thentry that ever presidency and vice presidency. Over 70 million votes. I am proud of our campaign. Only three campaigns in the past have defeated an incumbent president. Finished, god willing, we will be the fourth. This is a major achievement. It has been a long and difficult campaign, but it has been a more difficult time for our country, a hard time. We have had heart campaigns before. We faced hard times before. We have had a heart campaigns before. Hard campaigns before. We have faced hard times before. We need to see each other again and listen to one another, to hear each other again and respect and care for one another. Heal, to come together as a nation. I know this will not be easy. I am not naive. Neither of us are. I know how deep and hard the opposing views are on so many things. But i also know this. To make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as enemies. We are not enemies. What brings us together as americans is so much stronger than anything that can tear us apart. So let me be clear. We are campaigning as democrats, i am campaigning as a democrat, but i will govern as an american president. The presidency itself is not partisan. It is the one office in this nation that represents everyone. It demands a duty of care for all americans, and that is precisely what i will do. I will work as hard for those who did not vote for me as i will for those who did. Now, every vote must be counted. No one is going to take our democracy away from us, not now, not ever. America has come too far. We have fought too many battles. America has endured too much to ever let that happen. We the people will not be silenced. We the people will not be bullied. We the people will not surrender. Confident we am will emerge victorious. But this will not be our victory alone. It will be a victory for our democracy and for america. There will be no blue states and red states when we win. Just United States of america. God bless you all. May god protect our troops. Thank you. [applause] you are watching cspan, your unfiltered view of government, created by americas Cable Television company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Eric trump, Rudy Giuliani, and other Trump Campaign advisors held a press conference earlier today in philadelphia as pennsylvania officials continued counting votes in the 2020 election. While declaring victory in the state and citing voter fraud, Rudy Giuliani announced the Campaign Announced a lawsuit in pennsylvania to throw out absentee ballots that they feel should not be counted. He said similar lawsuits have been filed in wisconsin, michigan, arizona, and nevada. Because of technical difficulties, we missed the beginning of this event. Down in the convention center, they wont even let him watch as they count the ballots. They put them behind the fence, 50 yards away. They cant see the counting happening. This is fraud. This is absolute fraud. We have seen it in philadelphia before. They are trying to make a mockery of the election of this country. My father is up by almost half a million votes in the state. 86 reported. Plenty of red counties left to go. Plenty of red counties left to go. We will win pennsylvania. They are trying to cheat us out of it because they know it is