On US presidential elections Joe Biden leads. As reported by local media, the Democratic candidate has only 17 electoral votes left. Donald Trump’s headquarters, in turn, filed claims with a call to stop counting in the states of Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Representatives of the incumbent president demand the admission of Republican observers.
The stage (at close range, by the way, it is clear that empty cars are placed in front of it for extras) this time remained empty. Biden has not yet dared to rise and call himself the winner.
“After a long night of counting, it becomes clear that we are winning enough states to get the 270 votes needed to be elected president. I am here to declare not my victory, but that we will win after the counting is over,” – says Biden.
Confidence in it is also demonstrated by the new website of the transition team, which was launched by Biden and Harris. So far, there is only one message: about the crises faced by America – from a pandemic to climate change. Not a word about the crisis of dual power.
But Trump has been tweeting all day about his victory. “Twitter” marks every post as questionable.
“We have announced that we are the winners in terms of winning electoral votes in Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, each with significantly more votes for Trump. In addition, we also announce that we are victorious in Michigan. if there actually were a lot of secretly discarded ballots, as reported, “says one of the messages on Trump’s microblog.
In each of these states, Trump was at first leading, but then lost the advantage. The Democrats insist: this happened because they began to count the ballots sent by mail.
Republicans are confident that stuffing took place on the sly. Now the lawyers get down to business.
In Michigan, where 99 percent of the ballots were processed, Trump’s headquarters filed a lawsuit demanding that the counting be suspended until their observers have full access to the election commissions.
Without waiting for the court’s decision, ordinary Trump supporters who had gathered in front of the election committee went to look for such access on their own. Some broke through and inside.
The electoral commission demonstratively covers up the windows, which makes the dissatisfied even more with such an opaque counting system.
The situation escalates even more when protesters from the other side – Democrats come up with posters: “Count every vote.”
In Wisconsin, where Trump lagged behind Biden by less than a percentage (a total of about 20 thousand votes), the Republican headquarters lawyers insist on a recount. The head of the local electoral commission does not understand why: they say, even a mouse will not slip through them in Wisconsin.
“All data is publicly available. There is no way to add extra votes to the tally, because you have to make sure everyone is admitted to vote, that they have a legal absentee certificate, that they sign in the electoral commission journal or show their ID with There is no way to count a ballot that has not gone through this incredibly rigorous process, “says Wisconsin Chief Executive Megan Wolfe.
But the hottest battle, of course, is the Battle of Pennsylvania. At stake there are the votes of 20 electors. Trump is in the lead in Pennsylvania, but his advantage is fading: voters in large cities, where Democratic votes are being cast, are on the way.
“Pennsylvania is the key. I think it may take Pennsylvania a few more days to count all the ballots. Many are still coming from the city of Philadelphia and its suburbs. The counting of votes in Michigan and Wisconsin, I think, has already ended, and today we will already know the results.” says David Becker, executive director and founder of the Center for Selective Innovation and Research.
Trump has sent the most efficient troops to Pennsylvania – those he trusts, like himself: son Eric and lawyer Giuliani. Both are already in Philadelphia.
Trump’s headquarters, meanwhile, announced a fundraiser to protect the integrity of the election results. Biden reacted symmetrically: they also announced a similar fund.
Soon, apparently, a third fund will also be needed – to protect ordinary Americans from this all-out two-party war for their sympathies and votes.
– .
