Biden secures 306 electors… Presidential victory confirmed
Trump “I can’t admit the results, but orderly transfer power”
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After twists and turns, the US Congress officially confirmed the president-elect Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
On the 7th (local time), foreign media such as Reuters reported that Biden’s election victory was confirmed at a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to certify the voting results of the state-by-state presidential electoral group. Biden-elect secured a 306 electoral corps that exceeded 270, which is a prerequisite for victory in the last 11·3 presidential elections, which determine the state electoral corps. The electoral team that President Trump has won is 232. On this day, both houses confirmed the result of this vote.
The parliamentary certification process, which has been regarded as a formality, has attracted attention as the final gateway to finalize the results of the presidential election, coupled with President Trump’s protest movement. Some pro-Trump-like Republican lawmakers have said they will object to the election results, but it is predicted that Biden’s election will not be difficult.
However, the joint meeting, which started at 1 p.m. the day before, was declared a regular meeting one hour after the opening of the meeting due to the unprecedented incident in which protesters supported by President Trump broke into the Capitol. The case, which is evaluated as an attack on American democracy, has killed four people and arrested 52 so far.
The meeting, which resumed after six hours of the regular session, was eventually overdue. The meeting was conducted in a manner in which one or more members of the Senate and House of Representatives objected to the election results in a particular state, and both houses had separate discussions and votes. Both houses had to get a majority vote before the county could be excluded from the county elections. Both houses, which certified the results of the state electoral votes in alphabetical order, rejected after more than two hours of separate debate and voting due to Republican objections against Arizona.
The Republican Party also objected to the state of Pennsylvania, but it was also rejected in both houses and the state’s voting results were recognized as valid.
Biden-elect will take office on the 20th. In a statement released on the day, President Trump said, “We do not acknowledge the election results,” and said, “There will be an orderly transfer of power on the 20th.” “It means the end of the first and greatest tenure in the history of the President, but this is just the beginning of the struggle to make America great again.”
/ Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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