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  • Trump must accept his defeat in US election – TB Joshua

    Trump must accept his defeat in US election – TB Joshua

    Founder, Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Prophet TB Joshua has said President Donald Trump should accept his defeat at the US election.

    Trump was soundly defeated by President-elect, Joe Biden, but he has refused to accept the outcome of the poll, alleging that the poll was rigged in favour of Biden.

    But Joshua, in one of his sermons, said elections in any democratic country should never be about one person as the country is bigger than any single individual.

    Though he did not mention the name of Trump, the SCOAN founder was ostensibly referring to Trump who feels he is bigger than the US and has refused to accept the reality that he was soundly defeated at the poll by Biden.

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    According to Joshua, on his twitter handle, whatever happened, losers of elections must accept the outcome and then look to the future.

    In his words: “Politics, campaigns and elections in any democratic country in the world are never about one person; it is about the country we care for and love.

    “Whatever happens, we must accept the outcome and then look to the future – to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Don’t forget – democracy is all about accommodation.

    “All democrats must value the process of democracy more than the product.”

  • US election: No evidence of lost or changed votes —Officials

    US election: No evidence of lost or changed votes —Officials

    Senior US federal and state election officials said Thursday that there was “no evidence” that votes were lost or changed, or voting systems corrupted, in the presidential election.

    The officials, responsible for election security across the country, rejected claims made by President Donald Trump and Republicans that fraud and lost ballots led to his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in last week’s election.

    “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history,” they said in a statement.

    “There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” they said.

    “While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too.”

    The statement was issued by the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council, a public-private umbrella group under the primary federal election security body, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

    It was signed by the heads of the National Association of State Election Directors and the National Association of Secretaries of State — the officials who manage elections at the state level — and by the chairman of the US Election Assistance Commission.

    It came hours after Trump retweeted a baseless claim that an election equipment maker “deleted” 2.7 million votes for him nationwide and switched hundreds of thousand from him to Biden in Pennsylvania and other states.

    It was the latest in a series of bogus assertions Trump and Republicans have put forth in order to reject Biden’s victory.

    The company, Dominion Voting Systems, and the Pennsylvania Department of States flatly denied Trump’s claims.

    The statement from the election security officials also came amid reports that Trump could fire the head of CISA, Chris Krebs, who has made a strong effort to stifle unsupported allegations of fraud that have surfaced while the votes have been counted around the country.

    Despite that, rumors and conspiracy theories of a corrupted vote that allegedly “robbed” Trump have flooded the internet, and Republicans and the Trump campaign have filed multiple lawsuits around the country claiming irregularities.

    So far none have been substantiated in court.

    The statement said that election officials across the country are currently “reviewing and double-checking” their state and local results prior to certifying the numbers.

    “When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary,” the officials said.

  • Trump’s refusal to accept defeat is ‘dangerous path’ for democracy – Obama

    Trump’s refusal to accept defeat is ‘dangerous path’ for democracy – Obama

    Former President Barack Obama warned that President Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the results of the 2020 presidential election was a “dangerous path” and “delegitimizing” democracy in America.

    “It’s one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration but democracy in general,” Obama told CBS’ Scott Pelley in an interview excerpt released Thursday.

    Trump has yet to concede the election to his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, despite numerous news organizations calling the race for the former vice president Saturday. A litany of foreign dignitaries have congratulated Biden on his victory, and his team has already kicked off some of their transition efforts.

    Trump and his allies have continued to challenge the results in court, insisting widespread fraud and other irregularities were responsible for his electoral defeat. But election officials from both parties have all publicly attested there was no mass malfeasance. And even if the president does score some legal victories, the wide margins in key swing states place the odds of reversing the election results at practically none.

    Many of Trump’s Republican allies in the Senate, House and his administration have refused to acknowledge Biden as the president-elect, claiming the election results were unclear. Emily Murphy, the Trump-appointed head of the General Services Administration, has also not yet recognized Biden as president-elect, which by law bars his transition team from formally going forward with his move to the White House.

    During his interview, Obama said Trump’s resistance of the results “appear to be motivated in part because the president doesn’t like to lose.” He added that he was “more troubled by the fact that Republican officials that clearly know better are going along with this.”

    Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain, who ran against Obama in 2008, agreed with Obama’s sentiment, saying her husband would be “very troubled” by Trump’s refusal to accept defeat.

    “It’s dangerous for this to occur. It’s time that the president get on the right side of history and make sure that our incoming president has all the things he needs to begin with his feet on the ground,” McCain told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday.

  • US Poll: Trump’s refusal to concede poises no threats to presidency take over – Biden

    US Poll: Trump’s refusal to concede poises no threats to presidency take over – Biden

    United States President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that he doesn’t need President Donald Trump’s help to prepare to take over as president.

    Trump has refused to concede to Biden, despite Biden having won the Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency last week.

    Trump has instead disputed the election results, promoting baseless claims about widespread voter fraud and launching more than a dozen legal challenges in battleground states.

    As Business Insider’s Jake Lahut previously reported, Trump’s refusal means that Biden has so far been denied access to basic transition materials like funding, office space, classified information, and security clearances.

    But Biden said on Tuesday that not having the access “does not change the dynamic at all of what we’re able to do.”

    “We don’t see anything that’s slowing us down, quite frankly.”

    “We’re already beginning the transition,” he said. “We’re well underway.”

    Biden has taken steps to assert himself, including appointing a transition team, a coronavirus task force , and holding calls with world leaders, many of whom acknowledged his victory of the weekend.

    “We’re going to be moving along in a consistent manner putting together our administration, our White House, reviewing who we’re going to pick for Cabinet positions, and nothing’s going to stop it.”

    Presidents-elect usually receive classified intelligence briefings as part of the transition. Biden has not, but said: “Access to classified information is useful, but I’m not in a position to make any decisions on these issues anyway. It would be nice to have it but it’s not critical.”

    Axios reported on Tuesday that Biden’s transition team is weighing legal action if the transition processes do not begin. However, at the press conference, Biden he did not “see a need for legal action.”

    Biden is due to be sworn in as president in January 2021, after the transition period.

    (www.newsnow.co.uk)

  • Trump obstructs Biden transition, solicits fund to settle election expenses

    Trump obstructs Biden transition, solicits fund to settle election expenses

    United States President Donald Trump has thrown the presidential transition into commotion by blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team.

    Attorney General William Barr has also authorized the Justice Department to probe unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.

    Biden campaign lawyer Bob Bauer said Barr’s memorandum authorizing investigations “will only fuel the ‘specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims’ he professes to guard against.”

    But some Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have rallied behind Trump’s efforts to fight the election results.

    According to AP, few in the GOP acknowledged Biden’s victory or condemned Trump’s firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday.

    The developments cast doubt on whether the nation would witness the same kind of smooth transition of power that has long anchored its democracy.

    The Electoral College is slated to formally confirm Biden’s victory on Dec. 14 and the Democrat will be sworn into office in late January.

    The Trump administration has not invited the President-elect to the White House as is the tradition.

    The meeting between sitting presidents and Vice Presidents and their successors is a time-honoured tradition that represents the peaceful transfer of power.

     

    But CNN’s White House team has reported there are no plans for President Trump to invite Biden to the White House in the coming days.

    That means Biden can’t access additional funds for his transition team, and he hasn’t been cleared to receive intelligence briefings, both touchstones of the formal transition process.

    Meanwhile, Trump has set up a GoFundMe account tagged ‘election defence fund’ to petition money for settling his election expenses.

    The UK Guardian reports that Trump spent a little more money than he had for his re-election to the tune of $1.6 billion which he now needs help in repaying.

    It said those donating may believe that the money would go towards challenging the election result but the newspapers found that part of the donations would be used in settling election expenses.

    Donations can be made to two different funds – Trump’s personal fund, and his joint fund with his party.

    “President Trump needs YOU to step up to make sure we have the resources to protect the integrity of the election!” the wording on both funds says, which is featured in a huge pop-up on Trump’s re-election webpage.

    It continues: “Please contribute ANY AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY to the Official Election Defense Fund and to increase your impact by 1,000%!”

    It is unclear who matches the donations.

    On Trump’s personal fund, it dictates that of all donations raised, only 50 per cent will go towards a recount effort, and that “50% of each contribution, up to a maximum of $2,800 ($5,000), [will] be designated toward DJTFP’s 2020 general election account for general election debt retirement until such debt is retired”.

    On his joint fund with the RNC, the donations work as follows: “60% of each contribution first to Save America, up to $5,000/$5,000, then to DJTP’s recount account, up to a maximum of $2,800/$5,000. [And] 40% of each contribution to the RNC’s Operating account, up to a maximum of $35,500/$15,000.”

     

  • US election: There’ll be ‘smooth transition to Trump’s second term’- Pompeo

    US election: There’ll be ‘smooth transition to Trump’s second term’- Pompeo

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday promised the world a “smooth transition” after US elections but refused to recognize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, saying Donald Trump will remain in power.

    “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration,” Pompeo said in an at times testy news conference when asked about contacts with the Biden team.

    “The world should have every confidence that the transition necessary to make sure that the State Department is functional today… with the president who is in office on January 20 a minute after noon will be successful,” he said, referring to the date of the presidential inauguration.

    World leaders including almost all US allies have congratulated Biden, who has achieved unassailable leads in key states as well as a commanding edge in the nationwide popular vote.

    But Trump has refused to concede the November 3 election and has alleged massive fraud, calling for recounts and legal action.

    Asked if the United States can still issue statements calling for free elections around the world, Pompeo said the question was “ridiculous.”

    “This department cares deeply to make sure that elections around the world are safe and secure and free and fair, and my officers risk their lives to ensure that that happens,” he said.

  • Nigerians attack Taribo West for prophesying Trump’s victory

    Nigerians attack Taribo West for prophesying Trump’s victory

    Nigerians on social media have criticized former Super Eagles defender, Taribo West for prophesying that United States President, Donald Trump, would defeat Joe Biden by a slim margin.

    The video of the prophecy was posted on social media before the American election but only went viral after the poll had ended.

    West, who is also a preacher, said he rightly predicted the victory of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki; and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, but his prediction did not go viral on social media.

    He later prophesied that Trump would win Biden by a thin margin and asked his supporters to ensure that his prophecy goes viral.

    The ex-football star said, “Before the election in Edo, I said Obaseki would win. Is that true? Did he win? Nobody said it anywhere. Nobody quoted me anywhere. I also said in the Ondo election that Akeredolu would win. Is that true? Did he win? He won.

    “Now, I want you to put this out the way I want it. Donald Trump will win the election by a slight split edge over Joe Biden. So, quote me and I want it to be out before time.”

    West’s prophecy has generated diverse comments on social media

    @M4micheal tweeted, “He predicted and made it look like God was speaking through him. If Trump had won, his prediction would’ve been right and he would’ve told his congregation that God did it, but God isn’t an author of confusion.”

    @Crpticcritic: Taribo west should be on the next night of a thousand laugh …..how can one person have so many jokes like this and he never blow ….” Nothing is coming out ” …now the first something that is out is already nothing again..

    @mykkel3, “One thing I know about this wrong prophecy was that he wanted to glorify himself after the first two corrected ones, that was why he needed a camera to put it on social media…He forgot that he is not God.”

    The quest for fame and cheap popularity will make men pride in themselves,” tweeted @amablacknaija.

    @Don_Larry1: Taribo West should be protected. A national treasure.

    @Borokinniquadri: The more reason why we should worship God and not our religious leaders. Many prophecies are from their own notions not from the Almighty.

     

  • US Poll: Trump’s wife, son-in-law beg him to concede victory to Biden

    US Poll: Trump’s wife, son-in-law beg him to concede victory to Biden

    Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the election, two sources told CNN Saturday.

    And first lady Melania Trump has advised the President the time has come for him to accept the election loss, a separate source familiar with the conversations told CNN on Sunday.
    Though the first lady has not publicly commented on the election, she has privately weighed in with her opinion, the source noted. “She has offered it, as she often does,” the source said.
    Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller in a tweet Sunday morning denied that Kushner has approached Trump, although CNN stands by its reporting. “This story is not true,” said Miller. “Jared has advised @realDonaldTrump to pursue all available legal remedies to ensure accuracy.”
    Trump asserted in a statement from his campaign — moments after CNN and other networks projected that Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States — that Biden is “rushing to falsely pose as the winner” and that the race is “far from over.”
    “I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands,” Trump said in the statement, which explains that the campaign’s legal battle will begin Monday.
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    Biden-Harris deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said Saturday night that there had been no communication between Biden and Trump, or between any representatives from either campaign, since the race was called earlier in the day.
    And Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of The Union” Sunday that “a number of Republicans from the Hill have reached out,” but said, “I don’t believe anyone from the White House has.”
    Biden won the presidency Saturday after the battleground state of Pennsylvania pushed the Democrat over the 270 electoral votes needed to capture the White House.
    Trump, who was at his golf course in Sterling, Virginia, on Saturday when the race was called, has not denied the outcome of the election, privately at least, sources told CNN. But he’s continuing to push his attorneys to pursue legal challenges that would delay formal certification of the results.
    White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, discussed next steps with the legal team Saturday.
    Culled from CNN
  • BREAKING: Trump refuses to concede as world rejoice over Biden’s victory, continues war against election results

    BREAKING: Trump refuses to concede as world rejoice over Biden’s victory, continues war against election results

    Unbothered that several networks and news agencies that declared his defeat in the presidential election, Donald Trump has continued to rage against supposed fraud and election meddling in swing states that he claims cost him his victory – citing the US’s “history of election problems”

    Donald Trump refused to formally concede the US election on Sunday, even as senior Republicans began to distance themselves from him, and as recriminations were reported among aides to a man doomed to go down as an impeached, one-term president.

    This is coming a day after a stream of world leaders have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 US presidential election.

    Today, Trump continued to tweet his defiance and to attract censure for making baseless claims about voter fraud and his supposed victory.

  • I warned Trump of his imminent loss to Biden – Cleric

    I warned Trump of his imminent loss to Biden – Cleric

    Founder and senior cleric of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has said that he warned American President Donald Trump about his re-election bid several years back.

    The cleric in an interview claimed that he told Trump to be very careful with his policies and administrative style if he wants to be reelected.

    Ayodele said he also warned Trump about Joe Biden, stating that he said if Biden is chosen by the democrats, he would deliver.

    In the 2017/2018, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021 editions of Warning to the Nations, a divine publication written by the cleric, Ayodele warned that the 2020 US election would not be easy.

    The cleric in the book stated that if the Democrats present a good candidate, they can defeat the Republican.

    Ayodele wrote that the President of America will not manage his words very well during his campaign.

    “I foresee that some members of his inner caucus will resign from his government. Donald Trump will use violent language against any candidate coming from the Democratic Party. Republicans supporters may not give them support as expected.

    The cleric also in the 2020/21 edition of Warning to the Nations, stated that: “Trump will fight the Democrats just to get his victory. He will take series of steps just to see that he wins the election. Trump will be out with so much blackmail. He will bring out various allegations against the Democrats that can tear the country apart.”