Former U.S. vice president, Joe Biden, has been elected the 46th president of the United States of America just as the Republican candidate, President Donald Trump insists that he won the controversial presidential election.
Mr Biden, 78, won the keen-fought election by scoring 273 electoral college votes against incumbent President Donald Trump’s 214.
An hour earlier, Mr Trump had tweeted “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”
Kamala Harris, Mr Biden’s running mate, made history as the first woman to be elected U.S. vice president.
The result of the election was announced Saturday after several tense days of vote-counting in many battlegrounds. Before the election day on Tuesday, about 100 million votes had been cast.
Mr Biden got the victory in his third attempt at the presidency.
In a tweet after the result was announced, Mr Biden wrote: “America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country.
The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.
I will keep the faith that you have placed in me.”
Mrs Harris, a senator, tweeted: “This election is about so much more than @JoeBiden or me. It’s about the soul of America and our willingness to fight for it. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Let’s get started.” I won this election – President Trump insists as Joe Biden is declared winner of US Presidential election
I won this election – President Trump insists as Joe Biden is declared winner of US Presidential election
President Donald Trump has insisted that he won the 2020 presidential election in the United States of America.
The US President shared series of tweets on Saturday November 7, in which he made unsubstantiated allegations of illegality in the voting process – all of which were labelled as disputed and potentially misleading by Twitter. He also insisted he had won the election “by a lot”.
Trump tweeted;
I won this election – President Trump insists as Joe Biden is declared winner of US Presidential election
CNN also reported that sources in the White House have disclosed that the President said he won’t be accepting the election result. They also disclosed that he will be challenging the election result in court from Monday November 9.
