New York: Biden’s remarks, in which he described this as a victory for American people, democracy and America, came after major media networks projected him as the winner in the two major battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan, bringing him steps closer to presidency.
According to The New York Times projections, Biden has 253 electoral college votes as against the 214 won by Trump. Politico gave Biden 264 electoral college votes as against Trump’s 214. The Trump campaign has challenged the counting of votes in Michigan and Wisconsin in court.
“But this will not be my victory alone or our victory alone. It will be a victory for us the American people, for our democracy, for America. And there will be no blue states and red states when we win, just the United States of America. God bless you all and may god protect our troops,” Biden said in his address in his home state of Delaware.
He said it is clear that “we are winning enough states to reach the 270 electoral votes” needed to win the presidency. Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, Biden”s running mate, was standing by his side when he spoke.
“I am not here to declare that we won, but I am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. Of all votes counted, we have won Wisconsin by 20,000 votes, virtually the same margin that President Trump had in that state four years ago,” he said.
“In Michigan, we lead by over 35,000 votes and it is growing. A substantially bigger margin than President Trump had in Michigan in 2016. Michigan will complete its vote soon, maybe as early as today and I feel very good about Pennsylvania. Virtually, all the remaining ballots to be counted were cast by mail and we have been winning 78 per cent of the votes by mail in Pennsylvania. We flipped Arizona and the 2nd District of Nebraska,” Biden said.
