US President-elect Joe Biden hugs his wife, Jill Biden, at a press conference held in Wilmington, Delaware, after hearing the news of the presidential electoral group’s final results on the 14th. [AFP=연합뉴스]
– US President-elect Joe Biden declared on the 14th (local time) that democracy could not be extinguished through pandemic and abuse of power. On the same day, when the presidential electoral group officially elected him as the next president and confirmed his victory, Biden said in his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware that “a long time ago, the flame of democracy has lit up in this country.” We know that neither nor abuse of power can extinguish the flame.” “Democracy has won this battle for the souls of America,” he said. “Now is the time to turn the page, as we have done through history. It is time to unite and heal.”
Trump tweets “the attorney general resigns”
Virtually hard to deny allegations of’unfair election’
Congratulations to Putin belatedly Biden
– The presidential election was an election to revive democracy damaged by the Trump administration, and it can be interpreted as making it clear that power should not be abused to distort democratic procedures and outcomes such as elections. President-elect Biden criticized President Trump by aiming at him. He stated in detail that all of the lawsuits that President Trump filed in various states to overturn the election results and the results were all returned to nothing.
The U.S. presidential election took place on November 3 and has already yielded results, but formally it is an indirect election method in which the presidential electoral group elected by state during the presidential election on the 3rd vote again on December 14 to elect the president. Biden’s election was confirmed by winning 306 votes, surpassing the majority (270 votes) in the electoral corps vote. The electoral vote has been a formal procedure, but this time, President Trump’s dissatisfaction has made it an official milestone in formulating Biden’s victory.
When the electoral group officially announced the election, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his first congratulatory message to Biden-elect on the 15th, saying, “We are ready to cooperate and exchange”. It has been 37 days since Biden-elect declared victory. But President Trump did not show his will to surrender. Instead, President Trump announced the resignation of Attorney General William Barr, formerly known as the Trump loyalists. President Trump posted on Twitter on the 14th that “(the attorney general) will be leaving just before Christmas.”
In an interview with the Associated Press earlier this month, Minister Bar virtually denied allegations of unfair elections raised by President Trump, saying, “So far, we haven’t seen any scams on the scale that could have different outcomes in the elections.” Because of this, there have been observations that President Trump will scorn Minister Bar. It is interpreted that President Trump, who wants to be in the spotlight of the media after the announcement of Barr’s resignation, has chosen to distract public attention from the news of Biden’s electoral victory.
Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young
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