Newsman: The Electoral College declared ‘President-elect’ Joe Biden today, hours after the electoral voting process completed. In a speech after the Electoral College victory, President –elect Joe Biden said that “the rule of law, our Constitution and the will of the people prevailed.” Biden declared ‘It is time to “turn the page, to unite, to heal.” Biden’s speech came after the Electoral College votes. The Electoral College casted 306 votes for Biden and 232 for Trump cemented Biden’s win.
The results will now be sent to Congress to be counted formally next month. Some House Republicans have indicated they will object to the results in key states. They can do little more than delay the process during a joint session of Congress on January 6. Then the President elect Biden will be inaugurated at noon on January 20.
In his speech Monday night in Delaware, Biden launched the most direct and detailed defense of his victory yet and the harshest condemnation of Trump’s flailing efforts to change reality.
He catalogued the failures of Trump’s campaign and his allies in state and federal courts and state legislatures, and recounts that have not substantially changed vote tallies. He called efforts by Trump and his supporters to use the courts to overturn the election result “so extreme we’ve never seen it before.”
“Thankfully, a unanimous Supreme Court immediately and completely rejected this effort,” Biden said.
“In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,” Biden said. “We the people voted. Faith in our institutions held. The integrity of our elections remains intact. And so, now “it is time to turn the page. To unite. To heal.” But he also unleashed on Trump and Republicans who have attempted to thwart the democratic process in a way he had not before.
“The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can extinguish that flame,” Biden said.
“The President-elect called it “a position that refused to respect the will of the people, refused respect the rule of law and refused to honor our Constitution.”
He condemned attacks by Trump and his supporters, who have sought to throw out legitimately cast ballots, on state and local elections officials.
“It is my sincere hope we never again see anyone subjected to the kinds of threats and abuse we saw in this election. It’s simply unconscionable,” Biden said.
