Published 13:11 IST, November 20th 2020

'Demonstrated irresponsibility': Biden says Trump's denial sends 'horrible message'

Biden denounced Trump’s Republican Party for launching the massive ‘Stop The Steal’ movement, saying, President is sending “incredibly damaging messages."

Reported by: Zaini Majeed
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US President-elect Joe Biden on vember 19 condemned President Donald Trump for t conceding election and conveying “a horrible mess about who we are as a country”. Indicating at several lawsuits filed by Trump campaign questioning electoral integrity and democracy by alleging “fraud” and attempting to halt counting, former Vice President said that US president demonstrated “incredible irresponsibility”. Speaking at a press conference, Biden furr deunced Trump’s Republican Party for launching massive ‘Stop Steal’ movement, saying, that President is sending “incredibly damaging messs to world about how US democracy functions.”

Alleging that US president, perhaps, must have been aware that hand recounting and lawsuits wouldn’t overturn results, Biden took a pause and said, “I don’t kw what his motive was, but it was increasingly irresponsible.” Biden’s remarks me during a meeting with a bipartisan group of goverrs in Wilmington came following his projected win in state of Georgia. president-elect w stands at a margin of more than 5.9 million votes with a projected 306 to 232 le that depicts a clear cut victory for presidency.

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On vember 19, Georgia's Secretary of State, Br Raffensperger, declared that risk-limiting audit of paper ballots in Georgia only tracked mir discrepancies such as missing memory cards, which were uploed in several counties. Error rates of up to 2 percent were ted, and Dem. Presidential candidate Joe Biden still mand to flip state to Blue. Georgia hn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton’s presidency as 42nd president of United States between 1996 to 2001.

“ vast majority of American people, y have alrey--all polling data has indicated all Republicans who worry about it is higher, but you kw, over 78 percent of American people believe it is without question, it is legitimate,” Biden said, dressing press.

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'Historic' first statewide audit

Trump’s Republican Party h filed a lawsuit with Georgia’s chief elections officer asking ballots to be “fully hand-counted” to ensure election integrity and rule out “major election fraud”.  request was me after Associated Press declared Biden projected winner who was leing in state with a razor-thin margin. As recounting concluded earlier today with Biden’s projected win, Raffensberger confirmed victory, saying, ”Georgia’s historic first statewide audit reaffirmed that state's new secure paper ballot voting system accurately counted and reported results.”

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13:12 IST, November 20th 2020