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Several major news outlets on Saturday projected former Vice President Joe Biden to have won a prolonged presidential election, even as ballot counting and litigation continue. President Donald Trump has not conceded the contest, and his campaign team note pending legal challenges across several closely contested states. “The simple fact is this election is far […]
Several major news outlets on Saturday projected former Vice President Joe Biden to have won a prolonged presidential election, even as ballot counting and litigation continue.
President Donald Trump has not conceded the contest, and his campaign team note pending legal challenges across several closely contested states.
“The simple fact is this election is far from over,” Trump said in a statement. “Joe Biden has not been certified as the winner of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate victor.”
The Associated Press put Pennsylvania in Biden’s column shortly before noon Saturday, an unofficial call that boosted the former vice president past the 270 electoral votes necessary to wrest the White House from Trump.
Other outlets, including Fox News, CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC, The New York Times and The Washington Post followed suit, projecting Biden would become the nation’s 46th president.
“America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country,” Biden tweeted shortly afterward. “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.”
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. pic.twitter.com/moA9qhmjn8
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 7, 2020
Biden, who was to address the nation for the second night in a row Saturday night, also held a lead of more than 4 million in the country’s popular vote in unofficial results.
As Biden, who turns 78 on Nov. 20, is poised to become the oldest president in American history, his win caps a five-decade political career that escalated in 1973 when he became one of the youngest members of the U.S. Senate.
However, four days after Election Day, the process and results are being litigated in at least four states and recounted in at least one more, as Trump has not conceded, alleging fraud.
Trump’s legal team will be in court “prosecuting” his case in civil suits, the president said in a statement after the major media outlets projected Biden as the winner.
“Beginning Monday, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated,” Trump said, adding:
The American people are entitled to an honest election: that means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots. This is the only way to ensure the public has full confidence in our election. It remains shocking that the Biden campaign refuses to agree with this basic principle and wants…
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