Trump appears to acknowledge Biden’s win, but says won’t concede

Washington, November 15

For the primary time, President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to grudgingly acknowledge that his Democratic rival Joe Biden received the closely-fought race for the White House, however indicated that he wouldn’t concede and would hold attempting to problem the “rigged” election consequence.

The Republican president’s declaration comes as he and his administration proceed to accuse Democrats of election fraud with out proof and impede the transition.

“He won because the Election was Rigged. NO VOTE WATCHERS OR OBSERVERS allowed, vote tabulated by a Radical Left privately owned company, Dominion, with a bad reputation & bum equipment that couldn’t even qualify for Texas (which I won by a lot!), the Fake & Silent Media, & more!” Trump tweeted.

Unlike in India the place election outcomes are declared by the Election Commission, the outcomes of the presidential elections are licensed by every of the 50 states individually which takes weeks.

Based on the traits and unofficial outcomes, information media retailers historically declare the outcomes of the presidential elections, which units the transition course of.

As per newest depend of the electoral school votes coming from all of the 50 states, Biden has 306 of the 538 electoral school votes, which is effectively above the midway mark of 270.

Trump, who has 232 electoral school votes, has challenged the election ends in numerous states together with Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Georgia and Arizona. He had demanded a recount in Wisconsin.

In all these states, he alleged there have been large voters’ fraud and electoral malpractice. News media retailers and officers of those states have mentioned that there isn’t any proof of large-scale fraud.

“He (Biden) only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was a RIGGED ELECTION!” Trump mentioned in one other tweet.

Trump, 74, has refused to concede the election. The transition group of Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris says that the Trump administration isn’t cooperating with them in transition.

“RIGGED ELECTION. WE WILL WIN!” mentioned Trump in one other tweet.

On Thursday, US election officers mentioned the 2020 presidential election was the “most secure in American history”, rejecting President Trump’s fraud claims.

“There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” mentioned the Election Infrastructure Government Co-ordinating Council—which is made up of senior officers from the Department of Homeland Security and the US Election Assistance Commission in addition to state-level officers who oversee elections and representatives of the voting machine business.

Twitter flagged most of his tweets saying that his declare concerning the election fraud is disputed. Trump has a report of 88.9 million followers on Twitter.

“All of the mechanical “glitches” that passed off on Election Night have been actually THEM getting caught attempting to steal votes. They succeeded lots, nonetheless, with out getting caught. Mail-in elections are a sick joke!” mentioned the president.

In one other tweet, Trump alleged that the continued recount in Georgia is a rip-off. 

“Doing a great job in Georgia. Their recount is a scam, means nothing. Must see fraudulent signatures which are prohibited by the stupidly signed and unconstitutional consent decree,” Trump alleged. PTI