US election results LIVE: Joe Biden promises to address Covid-19 crisis

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Joe Biden wins the race to the White House. Currently, he is ahead in 306 electoral votes. Meanwhile Donald Trump tweeted, "I won the elections, by a lot"

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I seek to unify: Joe Biden declares victory, calls Americans to mend divisions

US President-elect Joe Biden declared victory in the 2020 election on Saturday, calling on Americans to reconcile after a bitterly fought campaign and vowing an orderly transfer of power despite President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede.

 

“Folks, the people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory,” he said in a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, that was delivered to a drive-in rally of supporters wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but to unify, who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only the United States,” he said.

 

In his remarks, the former vice president took aim at the tumult of the last four years under Trump yet extended a hand toward the president’s supporters.

 

“Let’s give each other a chance. Its time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature,” he said. “This is the time to heal in America. They are not our enemies. They are Americans.” READ ON...

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'I will spare no effort to turn around this pandemic: Joe Biden on Covid-19'

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Kamala Harris says her mother, who came from India to the US, would have "never imagined this moment"

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US election results LIVE: Joe Biden promises to address Covid-19 crisis

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'This isn't over!': Donald Trump supporters refuse to accept President's defeat

Chanting "This isn't over!" and "Stop the steal, supporters of President Donald Trump protested at state capitols across the country Saturday, refusing to accept defeat and echoing Trump's unsubstantiated allegations that the Democrats won the election by fraud.

 

From Atlanta and Tallahassee to Bismarck, Boise and Phoenix, crowds ranging in size from a few dozen to a few thousand some of them openly carrying guns decried the news of Joe Biden's victory after more than three suspense-filled days of vote-counting put the Democrat over the top.

 

Skirmishes broke out in some cities. In Atlanta, outside the state Capitol in the longtime Republican stronghold of Georgia, chants of Lock him up! rang out among an estimated 1,000 Trump supporters. Others chanted, This isn't over! This isn't over! and Fake news!.

The streets were awash with American flags and Trump banners. READ ON...

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US Elections LIVE: 'From the bottom of my heart: thank you', tweets Joe Biden

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Joe Biden promises to address coronavirus crisis in first speech as president-elect: Fox News

President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday night claimed "a clear victory" and preached unity as he addressed supporters in Wilmington, Del., after earlier in the day taking a projected victory in a contentious presidential election, Fox News reported.

 

The remarks by Biden came hours after the Fox News Decision Desk projected that he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will defeat President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, denying them a second term, according to Fox News. 

 

"The people of this nation have spoken. They delivered us a clear victory. A convincing victor. A victory for we the people," Biden said. "The most votes ever cast for a presidential ticket in the history of this nation."

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'This is the time to heal in America', says US President-elect Joe Biden

'The Bible tells us for everything there is a season, a time to build, a time to reap, and a time to sow and a time to heal. This is the time to heal in America', says US President-elect Joe Biden

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US Elections LIVE: 'We must restore the soul of America', says Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden addresses the nation from Wilmington, Delaware. AP

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First act as President-elect will be to name scientific advisers and experts to lead coronavirus response: Joe Biden

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US Elections LIVE: 'I believe America's a beacon for the globe', says Joe Biden

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Joe Biden tells Americans to 'spread the faith' and thanks the American people once more as his speech finishes

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joined on stage with their families following speeches

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