Pennsylvania decided the result in favor of the Democratic candidate
Biden Wins Presidency of the United States ... and Trump Accuses Him of "Forgery"
Armed supporters of Trump in Phoenix.
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Biden supporters celebrate in front of the White House yesterday evening.
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The Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, won the US presidential election, defeating his Republican opponent, the outgoing President Donald Trump, and Biden pledged to be president of all Americans, while his opponent Trump accused him of "faking". American media, including: "CNN", "NBC News" and "CBS News", confirmed that the result of the ballot was decided in favor of Biden after he won in the crucial state of Pennsylvania, which gave him more than 270 votes of the compound votes. Electoral, necessary in order to win the presidency of the United States.
Biden pledged to be the president of all Americans, and said in a tweet, on the social networking site "Twitter", that he "is honored by the Americans choosing him as the president of the country, and now is the time to heal the cracks left by the election campaign and unify the ranks as one country."
Biden added: "I am honored and humbled by the confidence the American people have placed in me, and in Kamala Harris, the Vice President-elect.
A record number of Americans have voted in the face of unprecedented obstacles. ”
He continued: “With the end of the campaign, it is time to move beyond the anger and harsh statements and unite the ranks as one people.
It is time for America to unite. ”
On the other hand, the outgoing US President Donald Trump left the White House yesterday for the first time since Election Day last Tuesday, heading to his golf club in the suburbs of Virginia.
Trump said, in a statement, that Joe Biden “is rushing to falsely portray himself as the winner in the US elections,” adding: “We all know why Biden was so quick to fake himself as the winner, and why his allies in the media made so much effort to help him. : They don't want the truth to be revealed. ”
And Trump continued: "The simple truth is that this election is still far from over."
He stressed that the election results have not been decided yet, while his campaign team has filed several lawsuits and petitions.
In addition, crowds flocked to the vicinity of the White House in central Washington, chanting and honking car horns to celebrate Biden's victory in the presidential elections, according to AFP journalists.
And the first woman elected to be a vice president in the United States, Kamala Harris, promised to "start working without delay, to restore America's soul", in her first statement, after Biden was announced winning the presidency.
"What is at stake in this election goes far beyond Joe Biden and myself," Camala Harris wrote in a tweet.
It is about the spirit of America and our determination to fight for it.
There is a tremendous work ahead, let's get started. ”
Biden changed his position on Twitter to the President-elect of the United States, while Harris changed her position to the Vice President-elect of the United States.
Michael Link, the head of the mission sent by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the US presidential elections, confirmed that Trump's allegations of fraud and manipulation of the vote count are unfounded, and that they threaten to undermine confidence in the American democratic system.
"I can only hope Trump has sound-minded advisers, who let him know that he's lost," he added.
All signs point to that.
Donald Trump:
"The election result has not been decided yet ... These elections are still far from the end."
Joe Biden:
"I pledge to be president of all Americans ... and the time has now come to unite."
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