The victorious Trump camp is touting its newfound “historic” mandate while the dejected Harris camp accuses the country of being “racist and sexist” for letting them down. Both are untrue. Trump won with 295 electoral votes to Harris’ 226. A solid victory, but hardly a landslide.
Hundreds marched from Freedom Plaza towards the White House in Washington and across the country in support of Harris.
The debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump offered American voters a glimpse into two contrasting visions for their country's future, marked by intense exchanges on key issues.
'While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again,' he said.
As Biden appealed to Americans to "turn the page" on the divisive contest, electors met across all US states to seal his win, with California pushing Biden over the majority of 270 votes.
"This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud," he claimed, again without backing this up. "We won the election easily."
The confirmation makes Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the southern US state.
Trump has yet to concede nearly a week after US media announced that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden had defeated him in the November 3 presidential election.
Ostensibly, Trump is exercising his right to complain that the count showing Democrat Joe Biden with a solid if a close win was wrong. "Rigged Election!" he tweeted in his latest broadside Thursday.
Former President Bush agreed that Trump had 'the right to request recounts and pursue legal challenges.'
