Published 11:54 IST, November 5th 2020
US Election 2020: Biden flips outcome by acquiring battlegrounds, Trump sues 3 states
While Joe Biden has made huge leaps in claiming the presidency by winning the states of Wisconsin and Michigan in US Election 2020, Trump sues three states.
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While Democratic Challenger Joe Biden has me huge leaps in claiming presidency by winning states of Wisconsin and Michigan as per US media outlets, US President Donald Trump has accused authorities of ‘secretly dumping ballots’ and falsely claimed victory in Michigan. By flipping rrn battlegrounds, Biden has w reportedly reached 264 electoral votes against Trump’s 214. Moreover, if six electoral votes of Neva are ded, where he is narrowly leing Trump, Democratic challenger will be able to acquire number required to reach White House, 270.
However, irked by outcome of US Election 2020 till w, Trump has repeatedly sown mistrust among Americans regarding integrity of states in counting votes. US President, who has alrey termed vember 3 election as “embarrassment” and “major fraud”, has sued Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia while demanding a recount in Wisconsin. Trump claimed victory unilaterally and me it evident that he would t give in to reported results and has issued unprecedented complaints, t supported by evidence. His tweet has also been labelled by Twitter.
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‘We are t enemies’ urges Biden
In stark contrast to Trump’s rhetoric of hate and misconduct, Biden has been dressing Americans by t only denying to claim victory before official anuncement but trying to bring highly-divisive United States toger. Reiterating that “we are t enemies”, Democratic challenger who has alrey served as vice president in former US President Barack Obama ministration, ackwledged “deep and hard” opposing views in nation. However, he called for US citizens to come toger in a bid to make progress in nation.
"I kw how deep and hard opposing views are in our country on so many things," Biden said.
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He ded, "But I also kw this as well: to make progress we have to stop treating our opponents as enemies. We are t enemies. What brings us toger as Americans is so much stronger than anything that can tear us apart."
American president is t directly decided by nation’s popular vote cast by citizens. Inste, presidential elections are won by acquiring a majority in state-by-state Electoral College that has 538 members.
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11:55 IST, November 5th 2020