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US Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Block Georgia Win For Biden

US Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Block Georgia Win For Biden

December 6, 2020 4:19 am

A Federal appeals court has on Saturday rejected a bid by a conservative lawyer to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia despite the fact that Georgia has certified the result. The court also left in place procedures that will make it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots in January when two Senate seats are up for grabs.

U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg, a Trump nominee rejected attorney L. Lin Wood’s arguments and found in a Nov. 20 opinion that the lawyer had no standing to sue.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta also …

Trump Finally Agrees To Leave White House

Trump Finally Agrees To Leave White House

November 28, 2020 5:38 am

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden.

This is closest he has come to conceding the November 3 election, even as he repeated claims of massive voter fraud.

He made this known while speaking to reporters on the Thanksgiving holiday.

Trump also stated that he will depart the white house if Biden is formally declared the winner by the Electoral College. Biden will be officially sworn in on January 20, 2020.

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When asked …

U.S. Election - Romney Condemns Trump For Baseless Claims

U.S. Election: Romney Condemns Trump For Baseless Claims

November 21, 2020 6:04 am

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday said that President Donald Trump is actively seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s historic victory in the 2020 presidential election. In a statement posted on Twitter, Romney condemned Trump for pressuring local GOP officials in states that he clearly lost to appoint pro-Trump electors and overrule the will of the people in a last-ditch effort to tilt the Electoral College in his favor and steal the election.

‘Having failed to make even a plausible case of widespread fraud or conspiracy before any court of law, the President has now resorted to overt pressure on …

Republicans privately Accept Biden Victory - Republican Senator

Republicans Privately Accept Biden Victory – Republican Senator

November 11, 2020 4:46 am

A Republican Ally of Joe Biden, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who is known for his bipartisanship, in an interview with CNN on Tuesday claims that his Republican Senate colleagues Privately “accept” the results and “call me to say ‘congratulations, please convey my well-wishes to the president-elect.’”

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Chris Coons who was defeated for re-nomination by a more socially conservative challenger in June when asked by CNN host Erin Burnett Tuesday evening if he’s had similar exchanges with Republican colleagues, Riggleman, who is among the eight GOP House members who have publicly congratulated Biden, …

Response To Biden’s Election - Clintons, Obama

Response To Biden’s Election – Clintons, Obama

November 7, 2020 5:15 pm

Former US President Barack Obama is among prominent Americans who have reacted to Joe Biden’s projected victory in Tuesday’s presidential election.

Read Also: Trump, Biden Eye Electoral College In 12 Battleground States

In a statement, Obama said Americans were lucky that Biden had what it took to be president and was already carrying himself that way.

This is because when he walks into the White House in January, he will face extraordinary challenges no incoming president ever has:

A raging pandemic, an unequal economy and justice system, a democracy at risk and a climate in peril.

“I know he will …

Biden: I’m Warmed Up For Work

Biden: I’m Warmed Up To Work

November 7, 2020 4:16 am

In a speech from Wilmington, Delaware, Biden reiterated that he would win the election, even with counting of votes still ongoing. 

Read Also: Mixed Feelings As Biden Leads Trump In Early Poll Results

 “We don’t have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell us it’s clear. We are going to win this race,” he stated.

The former vice president said he and his running mate, Kamala Harris, were already meeting with experts as they prepare for the White House.

As of the time of the speech, Biden’s lead over President Donald Trump was growing in Arizona, Georgia, …

Slovenia PM Congratulates Trump Despite Vote Uncertainty

Slovenia PM Congratulates Trump Despite Vote Uncertainty

November 4, 2020 9:10 am

Slovenia’s conservative prime minister congratulated US President Donald Trump on Wednesday for winning re-election even though neither Trump nor challenger Joe Biden has yet won an outright victory.

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“It’s pretty clear that American people have elected Donald Trump and Mike Pence for four more years,” Janez Jansa — whose country is First Lady Melania Trump’s homeland — wrote on Twitter.

“More delays and facts denying from MSM (mainstream media), bigger the final triumph for POTUS,” he said.

Trump himself declared victory on Wednesday despite results in several states yet to …

Organisers Cancel Second Trump-Biden Debate

Organisers Cancel Second Trump-Biden Debate

October 10, 2020 4:20 pm

The Commission on Presidential Debates said Friday it has cancelled next week’s showdown between Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, after the president said he would not participate in a virtual format.

“Each (candidate) now has announced alternate plans for that date,” the commission said in a statement, adding “it is now apparent there will be no debate on October 15.”

The move leaves just one more debate on the schedule — October 22 in Nashville, Tennessee — before the November 3 election.

Debates have been a feature of every US presidential election since 1976, with three debates …

Biden Ahead Of Trump In Polls, Pollsters Vouch Accuracy

Trump Hits Biden Over ‘Liberal’ Abortion Stance

October 6, 2020 4:50 pm

President Donald Trump assailed White House rival Joe Biden on Tuesday for telling voters that he would seek to enshrine abortion rights in US law should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade.

During a televised town hall late Monday, the Democratic nominee said he would aim to make the 1973 high court ruling that established a nationwide right to abortion as “the law of the land.”

“Wow. Joe Biden just took a more Liberal position on Roe v. Wade than Elizabeth Warren at her highest,” Trump tweeted, referring to the liberal senator who ran for the 2020 Democratic nomination.…

Biden calls Trump debate performance a ‘national embarrassment’

Biden Calls Trump Debate Performance A ‘National Embarrassment’

September 30, 2020 5:00 pm
Democrat challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday branded Donald Trump’s debate performance a ‘national embarrassment’ for not addressing concerns of everyday Americans and failing to clearly denounce white supremacist groups.

 

“Maybe I should not say this, but the president of the United States conducted himself the way he did — I think it was a national embarrassment,” Biden said during a stop in Alliance, Ohio as part of a train tour through swing state Ohio and neighboring battleground Pennsylvania.

Trump and Biden engaged in a fierce verbal brawl Tuesday in Cleveland where they faced off in their first presidential debate.…

Biden Accuses Trump Of Using Supreme Court to ‘Eliminate’ Obamacare

Biden Accuses Trump Of Using S/Court To Oust Obamacare

September 27, 2020 3:56 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden accused Donald Trump Sunday of rushing to install a new Supreme Court justice to “eliminate the entire Affordable Care Act,” known as Obamacare, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a darling of conservatives for her religious views, to replace the late liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a lifetime seat on the top court, potentially impacting some of the most partisan issues in America, from abortion to gun rights to health care.

Read Also: Joe Biden Faces US Voters At Town Hall

His decision to push her nomination …

Kamala Harris Officially Becomes US Vice-Presidential Candidate

Kamala Harris Officially Becomes US Vice-Presidential Candidate

August 20, 2020 8:55 am

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris officially became the Democratic candidate for vice president on Wednesday, imploring the country to elect Joe Biden president and accusing Donald Trump of failed leadership that had cost lives and livelihoods.

The first Black woman and Asian-American on a major U.S. presidential ticket, Harris summarised her life story as emblematic of the American dream on the third day of the Democratic National Convention.

“Donald Trump’s failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods,” Harris said.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama told the convention Trump’s failures as his successor had led to 170,000 people dead from the …

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