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Biden says ‘we’re going to win’ while Trump pledges to ‘never give up fighting’

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By | The 2020 presidential election hangs in the balance for another day as the nation anxiously awaits a winner.Biden, unable to deliver victory speech as vote count continues, says ‘we’re going to win’Democratic nominee Joe Biden — inching ever-closer to 270 Electoral College votes but still unable to deliver a victory speech Friday as the clock ticked toward midnight — was looking past the election even as he told supporters to stay “calm” and wait out the count.After a tumultuous race that played out in a hyper-partisan political climate, Biden said, “It’s time for us to come together as a nation and heal.”Should he win the presidency, Biden said he “will work as hard for those who voted against me as for those who voted for me,” adding, “We have serious problems to deal with — from COVID, to our economy, to racial justice, to the climate.&nbsp;We don’t have any more time to waste on partisan warfare.”Biden again projected confidence in his chances of winning the White House. As more votes were tallied in a handful of key swing states Friday, Biden overtook President Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania and maintained leads in Nevada and Arizona.“We don’t have a final declaration of victory yet,” Biden said shortly before 11 p.m. Friday. “But the numbers tell us a clear and convincing story — we’re going to win this race.”Up in Pennsylvania and with projected wins for the Democratic ticket in Michigan and Wisconsin, Biden claimed triumph in states that went to Trump in 2016.“We re-built the ‘blue wall’ in the middle of the country that crumbled just four years ago,” Biden said.Biden may not have reached the Electoral College threshold yet, but his transition planning has already begun. The former vice president and his running mate, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., met with experts on the coronavirus and the accompanying economic crisis this week and have already launched their transition website.“While we’re waiting for the final results, I want people to know we are not waiting to get to work,” Biden said, pledging to have a plan to combat the pandemic “on day one” after the United States reported a grim milestone of more than 125,000 new cases in a single day.Trump says Biden ‘should not wrongfully claim’ the presidencyHours before former Vice President Joe Biden was set to address the nation from Wilmington, Delaware, President Trump tweeted that his Democratic rival “should not wrongfully claim” the presidency.“Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President,” Trump shortly before 6 p.m. “I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning!”Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President. I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)It does not matter if either candidate claims the White House — the presidency goes to whichever candidate reaches at least 270 Electoral College votes.As election night spilled into Wednesday, Trump, in remarks from the White House after 2 a.m., said, “Frankly, we did win this election.”Biden took the lead in Georgia and Pennsylvania early Friday and grew his margin in the Keystone State throughout the day. He also held onto leads in Arizona and Nevada.Trump says he will fight ‘through every aspect of the law’As Democratic nominee Joe Biden widened or maintained his leads in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona on Friday, President Trump doubled down on his pledge to fight the vote-counting process “through every aspect of the law.”“We believe the American people deserve to have full transparency into all vote counting and election certification, and that this is no longer about any single election,” Trump said in a statement released by his campaign Friday afternoon.“This is about the integrity of our entire election process. From the beginning we have said that all legal ballots must be counted and all illegal ballots should not be counted, yet we have met resistance to this basic principle by Democrats at every turn,” the president continued. “We will pursue this process through every aspect of the law to guarantee that the American people have confidence in our government. I will never give up fighting for you and our nation.”Earlier in the day, former Massachusetts governor and current U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney said Trump is “within his rights to request recounts, to call for investigation of alleged voting irregularities where evidence exists, and to exhaust legal remedies.”But Romney, a frequent Trump critic, said the president “is wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupt and stolen” because it “damages the cause of freedom here and around the world” and “recklessly inflames destructive and dangerous passions.”Biden expected to address nation tonightFormer Vice President Joe Biden is expected to address the nation during primetime Friday.Biden was spending Friday at home in Wilmington, Delaware.A stage set up since election night for a victory party outside the city’s convention center has been secured for days by security personnel using high fencing and car barriers as the campaign — and the nation — await the election results.Biden expands lead in Pennsylvania, Nevada provides updateDemocratic nominee Joe Biden holds a nearly 10,000-vote lead in Pennsylvania with more than 124,000 ballots left to tally, election officials said early Friday afternoon.Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said, “I think what the president needs to do is, frankly, put his big boy pants on. He needs to acknowledge the fact that he has lost and he needs to congratulate the winner.”In Clark County, Nevada, an official said there are about 63,000 ballots still outstanding.Georgia secretary of state: ‘There will be a recount in Georgia’After Democratic nominee Joe Biden overtook Republican President Trump in Georgia by a razor-thin margin early Friday, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said, “there will be a recount.”Raffensperger said in a press conference that as of 10 a.m. Friday there were just under 5,500 votes left to be counted in a handful of counties in the Peach State, and that 8,890 outstanding military ballots would be counted if they’re returned by the end of Friday.“Right now Georgia remains too close to call,” he said, with the candidates separated by a little more than 1,100 votes Friday morning, according to the Associated Press.“With a margin that small,” Raffensperger added, “There will be a recount in Georgia.”Biden overtakes Trump in Pennsylvania, Trump campaign lawyer says ‘this election is not over’Democratic nominee Joe Biden has climbed to a narrow lead in battleground Pennsylvania, where 20 Electoral College voters are up for grabs — enough to propel him over the 270 he needs to win the presidency. The former vice president has not claimed victory.President Trump could still claw back as votes continue to be counted. CNN was reporting Friday morning that more than 100,000 votes are still outstanding.“This election is not over,” Matt Morgan, general counsel for the Trump campaign, said in a statement Friday morning in which he cited “many irregularities” in Pennsylvania.“Georgia is headed for a recount,” Morgan declared, “Where we are confident we will find ballots improperly harvested, and where President Trump will ultimately prevail.”In Georgia, a candidate can request a recount if the margin is less than 0.5% of the total votes cast. The request must be filed within two days of the results being certified.The lawyer also claimed there appeared to be “thousands” of people in Nevada who “improperly cast mail ballots.” And he said Arizona would end up in Trump’s column.Trump on Thursday unleashed accusations of widespread voter fraud without evidence and said there would be “a lot of litigation” to come as he pledged to fight the results up through the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to ensure an “honest election.”Biden moves ahead in GeorgiaBiden overtook Trump by a slim margin in Georgia in the wee hours Friday as vote counting stretched into a third day past Election Day. Should he win the Peach State, he would be the first Democrat to do so since 1992.As Biden edged ahead in Georgia, all eyes swung back to Pennsylvania, where Biden was closing in on Trump’s lead as more mail-in ballots were counted. Projected wins in both states would push Biden across the 270 electoral-vote threshold he needs to claim the presidency.But legal challenges would remain and more military and overseas ballots are still arriving as vote counting continues.Trump, his paths to re-election narrowing, unleashed accusations of widespread voter fraud without evidence and said there would be “a lot of litigation” to come as he pledged to fight the results up through the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to ensure an “honest election.”“I easily WIN the Presidency of the United States with LEGAL VOTES CAST,” Trump tweeted at 2:22 a.m. Friday, again claiming issues with observer access to ballot counting in a missive that was flagged by Twitter as “misleading” or “disputed.”In a fundraising email for his campaign, Trump again claimed, “DEMOCRATS WILL TRY TO STEAL THIS ELECTION!”Republicans — including rumored 2024 presidential hopefuls — have been split on supporting the president as he continued to challenge the integrity of the election.After Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., on Twitter Thursday for their “total lack of action” on the president’s behalf as the 2020 race went down to the wire, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador under Trump, swiftly rushed to the president’s defense.But after the president spoke from the White House Thursday evening, Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, a frequent Trump critic, said, “There is no defense for the President’s comments tonight undermining our Democratic process. America is counting the votes, and we must respect the results as we always have before.”Biden urged patience and calm on Thursday as he continued to after projected wins in Michigan and Wisconsin — two states Trump won in 2016 — gave him an edge on Wednesday.“We have no doubt that when the count is finished, (U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris) and I will be declared the winners,” Biden said.Joe Dwinell and Herald wire services contributed to this report.We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. 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By | The 2020 presidential election hangs in the balance for another day as the nation anxiously awaits a winner.Biden, unable to deliver victory speech as vote count continues, says ‘we’re going to win’Democratic nominee Joe Biden — inching ever-closer to 270 Electoral College votes but still unable to deliver a victory speech Friday as the clock ticked toward midnight — was looking past the election even as he told supporters to stay “calm” and wait out the count.After a tumultuous race that played out in a hyper-partisan political climate, Biden said, “It’s time for us to come together...

Biden says ‘we’re going to win’ while Trump pledges to ‘never give up fighting’

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