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16 December, 2020, 7:03 am
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gestures as he exits Penn Medicine Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
LANSING, Mich./WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Democrat Joe Biden called on Americans to “turn the page” on the Trump era in a prime-time speech on Monday, hours after prevailing over the Republican in the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially determines the U.S. presidency.
The vote, typically a formality, assumed outsized significance in light of President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to subvert the process due to what he has falsely alleged was widespread voter fraud in the Nov. 3 election.
The foreign minister of Germany was criticized on Monday after he expressed disapproval of the sabotaging over the weekend of.
In a roughly 13-minute speech, Biden, the Democratic former vice president, called for unity while voicing confidence that the country’s democratic institutions had held in the face of Trump’s attempts to reverse the election outcome.
“The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago,” Biden said. “We now know that not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can extinguish that flame.”
Biden emphasized that Trump and his allies filed “dozens and dozens” of legal challenges to the vote totals without success, including a Texas lawsuit that asked the US Supreme Court to invalidate four states’ results. The court, including three Trump appointees, rejected the bid with no dissents last week.
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, Monday, Dec 14, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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WILMINGTON, Delaware: President-elect Joe Biden tore into Donald Trump on Monday (Dec 15) with his strongest criticism since the election, saying the Republican had defied the constitution and the will of the people in not accepting the results. It s a position so extreme we ve never seen it before. A position that refused to respect the will of the people, refused to respect the rule of law, and refused to honour our constitution, Biden said in a speech that came after the Electoral College formally confirm
Joe Biden says its time to turn the page after US Electoral College confirms his win
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President-elect Joe Biden also gave a forceful rebuke to President Donald Trump s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory. Photo: AFP
In a roughly 13-minute speech, Biden, the Democratic former vice president, called for unity
Some Trump supporters had called for protests on social media
He also gave a forceful rebuke to President Donald Trump s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory.
LANSING, Mich./WILMINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden delivered a powerful speech, saying that it s time to turn the page , hours after winning the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially determines the US presidency.