Published 12:58 IST, November 9th 2020
As Biden wins US Presidential race, Trump plans rallies to protest against election result
While Trump gave no sign of conceding, his campaign spokesman said he will hold series of rallies to build support for the legal fights challenging the outcome.
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While Democratic presidential minee Joe Biden is declared as projected winner of US election 2020, incumbent Donald Trump is showing reluctance in conceding and has even planned campaign-style rallies to contest result of election. Trump and his Republican allies have refused to ackwledge Biden’s victory. While Trump gave sign of conceding, his campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh, on vember 8, said that 45th president will hold a series of rallies to build support for legal fights challenging outcome.
Trump has anunced teams to pursue recounts in several states and he will also seek to back up his unfounded accusations of voting fraud by highlighting obituaries of dead people that campaign said voted in election. Murtaugh did t inform when rallies would resume, however, he did assure that Republican leader will legally challenge outcome. Donald Jr and Eric have also been urging allies to continue supporting Donald’s rejection to results along with major American media outlets who projected Biden as winner on vember 7.
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Associated Press called Democratic Challenger as winner with a clear majority of 290 electoral votes as opposed to 214 for Republican leader. Evidently angered by outcome, while US President has been on a Twitter spree questioning who allowed media outlets to declare a winner, his reelection campaign is reportedly planning a messaging blitz to fuel its argument without any evidence that US Election 2020 is ‘stolen’. Donald Trump's campaign has filed several lawsuits against election results in a few battleground states, while President had spent months making unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots could open election up to fraud.
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Biden’s win leaves Republicans divided
Republicans in United States appear to be divided on projected win by President-elect Joe Biden even as President Donald Trump refused to accept defeat and claimed widespread voter fraud. While some Grand Old Party (GOP) lawmakers were more accepting of Biden's lead on Sunday, ors supported Trump's narrative of voter fraud, calling for legal challenges by his campaign.
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Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah congratulated Biden on his win on Saturday, although he said that Trump will 'keep on fighting until very end'. "You're t going to change nature of President Trump in se last days, apparently, of his presidency," Romney said. Soon after Biden was projected to be next US President, Trump refused to accept defeat, saying that election was "far from over", and promised legal challenges by his re-election campaign. Maryland Republican Goverr Larry Hogan said on Sunday that though any potential evidence of widespread voter fraud should be released, but it would t reverse projected election results.
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12:59 IST, November 9th 2020