Published 14:22 IST, November 8th 2020
Bad things happened: Trump reacts as Biden claims victory; says he got 71 MN legal votes
Airing a fresh barrage of baseless attacks, Donald Trump said that he had won the US Presedential election and cited a falsely-inflated number of votes
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Airing a fresh barr of baseless attacks, Donald Trump said that he h won US Presidential election and cited a falsely-inflated number of votes. He furr suggested that he was a victim of foul play. Biden has become President-elect of United States after victory in battleground state of Pennsylvania which took him past electoral college threshold of 270 votes.
Taking to Twitter, Trump launched a series of attacks and questioned integrity of vote. His all-caps tweet alleged that “b things” h occurred, even though he has t given any evidence of electoral fraud. Meanwhile, observers were t allowed into counting rooms in a number of states, president ded. " He furr claimed that he got 71,000,000 'legal votes.'
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Trump has ranted and railed against mail-in ballots for months w, with some citing that this may have contributed to t eugh of his supporters voting. counting of mail-in ballots has on whole benefited Biden, with former Vice President coming from behind in multiple states, including his home state Pennsylvania. During this process, Trump and his campaign have claimed continuously that he actually won election and that mail-in ballots have defrauded people of US.
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Biden and Harris emerge victorious
With record mail-in ballots being polled amid raging COVID-19 pandemic, results were inconclusive on vember 3, as millions of ballots remained to be counted. Biden broke Barack Obama's record of 2008 elections getting over 70 million votes, as polls saw highest voter turut since 1908. As he inched closer to victory, he maintained 'Every vote must be counted'.
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After winner was anunced with Pennsylvania being deciding state, President-elect Joe Biden assured citizens that he will be a 'President for all Americans', while ding that work going forward 'will be hard' referring to his promise to tackle Coronavirus from Day one. Taking to Twitter he said that he will keep faith that has been placed in him. Harris me history by becoming first woman, first Black woman, and first woman of South-Asian origin to become vice president of US.
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14:22 IST, November 8th 2020