After the electoral college vote

Biden: Democracy has triumphed ... and it is time to turn the page on the past

The US President-elect, Joe Biden, confirmed, the night before last, that democracy and the rule of law have triumphed, and called on Americans to "turn the page" of the elections and unify ranks, in his speech that followed the electoral college voting for their candidate in the presidential elections, which took place on the third of November The past, which formally determines the next president of the United States, has almost ended the campaign of President Donald Trump to reverse his election loss.

In detail, Biden said in his speech: “In the battle for the soul of America, democracy triumphed,” adding, “The integrity of our elections still remains. Now it is time to turn the page on the past, to unite together. I said that I will be president of all. Vote against me. ”

"Once again, the rule of law, our constitution, and the will of the people have prevailed. Our democracy has been pushed, tested and threatened, and it has proven to be flexible, real and strong," he said.

The president-elect said in the televised speech that the number of Americans who voted this year “is the largest in the history of the country,” indicating that about 155 million people voted, and among those votes about 81 million votes went to him, which he said was “the largest number that did not happen By a candidate before ».

He added that at the beginning of the epidemic, there were doubts about voting turnout, then it became clear that these allegations were "baseless", as we saw "something that no one had expected before."

"The flame of democracy was lit a long time ago in this country, and we now know that nothing, not even an epidemic, or an abuse of power, can extinguish this flame," he said.

He praised the judicial system in the United States, pointing out that his opponent's campaign had filed dozens of cases in many courts, "but rejected them because they did not find evidence of his allegations."

He stressed that the "legal maneuver" that Trump, lawmakers and officials before the Supreme Court undertook to nullify the votes of millions of voters, did not succeed, and even the official Trump appointed to oversee the electoral process said that it was the "most secure" election.

And California, the state with the largest population and 55 votes in the electoral college, granted Biden its votes to formally exceed the quorum required to win the presidency of 270 votes, and based on the results of November Biden obtained 306 votes in the compound, compared to 232 for Trump.

Earlier yesterday, members of the Electoral College in a number of major states, which witnessed a rivalry between Biden and Trump, namely Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, voted for Biden, who is scheduled to assume office, on January 20, he and his deputy, Kamala Harris. .

The electoral college vote, which was scheduled for the day before yesterday, in accordance with federal law, gained great importance due to Trump's unfounded allegations of widespread fraud.

There is no other chance to deny Biden victory, and in light of Trump's legal campaign failing to reverse the results, the president's weak hopes are related to the ability to persuade Congress not to accept the outcome of the electoral college vote during a special session on January 6, an effort that is almost certain. It will fail.

As soon as Biden takes office, he faces the task of confronting the Coronavirus pandemic, reviving the US economy, and rebuilding relations that have been strained with US allies abroad due to Trump's policies that raised the slogan "America first."

And in Arizona, Democratic State Secretary Katie Hobbs said, at the start of the electoral college meeting, that Trump's allegations of fraud "have led to threats of violence against me, my office, and those in this room," echoing similar reports of threats and intimidation in other states.

"At a time when people will be frustrated that their candidate has not won, it is frankly unacceptable that today's event should be anything short of immortalizing a tradition held with pride and celebration," Hobbes said.

A group of Trump supporters called on "Facebook" for protests throughout the day before yesterday, in front of the state council headquarters in Lansing, Michigan, one of the toughest states that saw Trump lose.

According to a complex system dating back to the 1880s, a candidate does not become president of the United States by winning a majority of the popular vote, but through an electoral college system that allocates voters to the 50 states and the District of Columbia, based on the population of each state.

While there is sometimes a group of "rogue" electoral college members who vote for someone other than the popular vote winner for their mandate, the overwhelming majority approves the results.

Trump said late last month that he would leave the White House if the electoral college votes for Biden, but he has since pressed with his unprecedented campaign to reverse his defeat, and he repeated, the day before yesterday, a series of unsupported allegations of electoral fraud.

He wrote on Twitter: "The swing states that have detected electoral fraud, not all of them can legally certify that these votes are complete and correct without committing a serious crime."

Biden: Nothing, not even an epidemic, or an abuse of power, can extinguish the flame of democracy in America.

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