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  • U.S. ELECTIONS: We’re hearing horror stories about electoral fraud – Trump

    U.S. ELECTIONS: We’re hearing horror stories about electoral fraud – Trump

    U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday night again questioned the integrity of Tuesday’s presidential election and doubled down on his allegation of fraud against Democrats.

    In an address to the nation, Trump said he was hearing “horror stories” about how Democrats were manipulating the exercise, especially mail-in ballots.

    “I have been talking about this for many months. I have said very strongly that mail-in ballots are going to end up being a disaster.

    “Small elections were a disaster, this is a large-scale version and it’s getting worse everyday. We are hearing stories that are horror stories, absolute horror stories.

    “We can’t let that happen to the United States of America. It’s not a question of who wins, Republican or Democrat; Joe or myself.

    “We can’t let that happen to our country. We can’t be discgraced by having something like this happen,” he said.

    As of the time of filing this report, Trump was trailing his Democratic rival Joe Biden with 214 to 264 electoral college votes, according to the Associated Press tally.

    This means that Biden needs just six more electoral votes to reach the 270 finishing line and end the president’s second-term dream.

    But the race was still too close to call with counting yet to be concluded in key swing states including Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Alaska.

    The president said he would file a lot of litigation that would probably end up at the Supreme Court, adding that he had a feeling “judges are going to rule”.

    “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.

    “I challenge Joe and every Democrat to clarify that they only won legal votes, because they talk about votes , and I think they should use the word, ‘legal’.

    “We want every legal vote counted, and I want every legal vote counted.

  • Biden reiterates confidence in victory, urges calm

    Biden reiterates confidence in victory, urges calm

    Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has reiterated his confidence in winning the election, with counting still ongoing in battleground states.

    In an address to the nation on Thursday, Biden said he had no doubt he would be declared winner once all the votes were counted.

    He urged his supporters to remain calm and patient, noting that “democracy is sometimes messy”.

    “Democracy is sometimes messy. It sometimes requires a little patience.

    “We have no doubt that when the count is finished, Senator (Kamala) Harris and I will be declared the winners.

    “So, I ask everyone to stay calm. The process is working. The count is being completed and we’ll know very soon,” he said.

    As of the time of filing this report on Thursday night, Biden was leading in both the popular and electoral college votes.

    According to the Associated Press tally, he was ahead with 73,639,060 or 50.4 per cent of the general ballots cast and 264 electoral college votes.

    That means the former vice president needs just six more electoral votes to reach the 270 finishing line to end the president’s second-term dream.

    Trump, on the other hand, was closely behind with 69,066,908 popular votes representing 47.9 per cent of the total and 214 electoral college votes.

    Counting continues in key swing states including Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Alaska.

    Shortly before Biden’s address, Trump vowed to legally challenge election results in all the states claimed by his Democratic rival.

    “Plenty of proof, just check out the Media. We will win! America first!”, he said in a tweet, which Twitter labeled as unsubstantiated.

    His campaign organisation has cited alleged instances, including limited access to counting centres in Pennsylvania.

    It also alleged that people who tried to vote in Nevada were told that they had previously voted by even when they claim they had not done so.

    The Biden campaign organisation said it was not at all concerned about Trump’s claims and campaign lawsuits.

    It said that it had been prepared against this since September when they started seeing efforts by the president to discredit mail-in voting with misinformation.

  • LIVE RESULTS: Trump gives Biden hot chase

    LIVE RESULTS: Trump gives Biden hot chase

    Former Vice President Joe Biden is presently leading incumbent President Donald Trump in the U.S. 2020 presidential election.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports while Biden is ahead, Trump is in a hot chase to catch up and probably win the election to remain president for another 4 years.

    As it stands, Biden has polled 73,487,367 votes, which is 50.5% of popular votes so far and Trump has polled 69,620,543 votes, 47.9% of popular votes so far, according to live data on Fox News.

    The live presidential election results show that at this minute, Biden has 264 electoral college votes and Trump is managing 214 electoral college votes.

    A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election. The projected winner is based on the expected allocation of each state’s electoral votes.

    The elections have been a nail-biter. No winner has been declared in the presidential race yet.

    U.S. voters will look to a handful of states still in play with the hope of getting a decisive result.

  • Biden eyes victory, launches transition website

    Biden eyes victory, launches transition website

    Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. President, has launched an official transition website, www.buildbackbetter.com.

    The move comes as votes are still being counted in many states and the presidential race still undecided.

    On the www.buildbackbetter.com website is a short statement that reiterates Biden’s earlier assertion that it is the American people that will decide who becomes the next U.S. president.

    “Votes are still being counted in several states around the country.

    “The crises facing the country are severe — from a pandemic to an economic recession, climate change to racial injustice.

    “The transition team will continue preparing at full speed so that the Biden‑Harris Administration can hit the ground running on Day One,” the statement says.

    Earlier in a speech, Biden, who is also a former U.S. Vice President, said it was clear that he had won “enough states to reach 270 electoral votes to win the presidency”.

    “I’m not here to declare that we’ve won, but I am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners,” he said.

  • U.S. looks to final swing states’ results to settle election

    U.S. looks to final swing states’ results to settle election

    U.S voters on Thursday will look to a handful of states still in play with the hope of getting a decisive result on whether President Donald Trump or Democratic challenger Joe Biden has won the 2020 election.

    Biden has a lead in the race, and has multiple pathways to victory, while Trump, the Republican, is in a tighter spot.

    Trump’s campaign has launched legal challenges in three states and is demanding a recount in another.

    All eyes will be on Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania to see if any are solid enough to be called for a candidate.

    If Biden can hold a lead in Arizona, which is also set to report more results, any other state coming in for him will likely push his campaign over the line.

    The election has been a nail-biter, with the Democrats having failed to deliver the repudiation of Trump that they had promised.

    The Republicans look set to hold a slim majority in the Senate, while the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives shrunk.

    Trump does not appear ready to concede the election, as he has even claimed victory in states that are still up in the air and even Michigan, one that clearly went for Biden. It is highly unusual for a candidate to make such a move.

    Several of Trump’s posts on Twitter and Facebook have been affixed with warning messages, including ones claiming fraud without proof, amid concerns they were designed to spread misinformation.

    A candidate wins the White House by securing 270 electoral votes. Each state in the union gets a number of Electoral College votes based on population.

  • U.S. ELECTIONS: Spiritual adviser leads impassioned prayer for Trump [VIDEO]

    U.S. ELECTIONS: Spiritual adviser leads impassioned prayer for Trump [VIDEO]

    As votes are being counted in the U.S. elections, presidential spiritual adviser, Paula White led an impassioned prayer service in an effort to secure Donald Trump’s reelection.

    Earlier Trump alleged that there was a “major fraud” in ongoing counting of votes and vowed to mount a legal challenge.

    Trump claimed that he had won in several states, including Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where votes were still being counted.

    He alleged that election officials had halted vote counting in Pennsylvania until this morning, saying it was “an embarrassment to our country.

    Trump had also raised an alarm in which he alleges that there is an attempt by unnamed persons to “steal the election”.

    Paula White during the prayer service battled the “demonic confederacies” that are attempting to steal the election from Trump.

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  • U.S. Elections: Kwara Gov hails Owolewa’s victory in US polls

    U.S. Elections: Kwara Gov hails Owolewa’s victory in US polls

    …commends KSANG for support

    Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Democrat Oye Owolewa on his victory as a shadow US Representative for Washington DC, describing his emergence as a pride to homeland Kwara and Nigeria.

    “On behalf of the people and government of our state, I felicitate with Democrat Oye Owolewa, from homeland Omu-Aran (Kwara State), on his deserving victory at the poll.

    “His victory is a reflection of his outstanding personality as a young man with a purpose.

    “I also specially congratulate the Kwara State Association of North America (KSANG) family, especially Alhaji Lateef Amolegbe, for their unflinching support for candidate Owolewa,” the Governor said in a statement.

    “In my engagements with Mr. Owolewa in the run up to the ballots, he came around as a fine gentlemen, a goal-getter, and a patriotic Nigerian-American with an eye fixed on the ball. I therefore congratulate him, KSANG and the entire Nigerian community in the Washington DC for this feat.”

    “For Mr. Owolewa and others like him, the sky is just the beginning. I am certain that his reassuring victory will offer better representation for his constituency and spur more Nigerians, especially younger people, to get more involved in the political system here in homeland Nigeria or in the diaspora.”

  • U.S. ELECTIONS: Trump laments as Biden leads polls

    U.S. ELECTIONS: Trump laments as Biden leads polls

    President Donald Trump has said his leads ‘magically’ disappeared after ‘surprise ballot dumps’ were counted.

    Trump stated this via Twitter, stressing it was devastating every time they count Mail-In ballot.

    “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled.

    “Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.

    “VERY STRANGE, and the “pollsters” got it completely & historically wrong!

    “How come every time they count Mail-In ballot dumps they are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction?” he queried.

    TNG reports that while the race for president has shifted away from Trump, Republicans have left the Democrats far behind in the race for control of the Senate.

    Popular vote at the hour showed Biden at 50.1% and Trump at 48.3% with electoral college vote for Biden at 238 and for Trump at 213.

    There is no projected winner for the presidential election yet. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election.

    The projected winner is based on the expected allocation of each state’s electoral votes.

    Although Trump had said he won the election, votes are still being counted across the country.

  • U.S. ELECTIONS: Outrage as Slovenia’s PM congratulates Trump

    U.S. ELECTIONS: Outrage as Slovenia’s PM congratulates Trump

    Slovenia’s Prime Minister, Janez Janša has congratulated US president Donald Trump, for ”winning” the 2020 U.S. presidential election before the election result has been confirmed.

    The presidential election results are still being collated but results show Joe Biden winning even though Trump has a major lead in key battleground states.

    Trump has already claimed victory and threatened to go to the supreme Court to contest the results while Biden has urged his supporters to be patient.

    Janša, the Prime Minister of Slovenia, where Trump’s wife, Melania hails from, tweeted a congratulatory message on Wednesday morning while election results are still being collated.

    “It’s pretty clear that American people have elected ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ ⁦@Mike_Pence⁩ for #4moreyears. More delays and facts denying from #MSM, bigger the final triumph for #POTUS. Congratulations ⁦@GOP⁩ for strong results across the #US ⁦@idualliance⁩,” the PM tweeted.

    A final verdict on who wins the presidency could take days or weeks depending on how the vote-counting, recounts and court battles play out.

    However, outrage has followed the congratulatory message sent to Trump by the Slovenian PM.

    Many have called for Slovenia to be excluded from the European Union (EU).

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  • U.S ELECTIONS: Biden’s camp replies Trump over threat to ‘shut down’ vote counting

    U.S ELECTIONS: Biden’s camp replies Trump over threat to ‘shut down’ vote counting

    Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign lashed out at President Donald Trump, who appeared to threaten a court battle to stop votes from being tallied.

    Biden’s campaign warned that they also have lawyers who will fight to count each ballot.

    Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign manager, said in a statement that “the president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect.

    “Never before in our history has a president of the United States sought to strip Americans of their voice in a national election.’’

    Dillon insisted that Trump had no legal power to declare himself the victor or influence vote counting. “We have legal teams standing by,’’ the statement said.