Joe Biden begins taking over White House, Trump refuses to concede
Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris launched a transition website, BuildBackBetter.com, and a Twitter feed, @Transition46.
Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris launched a transition website, BuildBackBetter.com, and a Twitter feed, @Transition46.
Already trailing Democrat Joe Biden in the all-important, state-by-state Electoral College vote tally — the handwriting on the wall was becoming impossible to ignore.
‘Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities,’ she said.
‘I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify,’ Biden said, drawing a sharp contrast to nearly four polarizing years of Trump.
As trickling returns from Pennsylvania and three other states made Trump’s path to a second term increasingly unlikely, Biden repeated that he believed he would win but said he would wait for the process to complete.
Democratic challenger Biden is edging towards the presidency after pulling ahead in the key states of Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Samuel Alito ordered Pennsylvania in the meantime to continue keeping the late-arriving ballots separate, affirming a decision already made by the state’s top elections official.
Three days after the US election in which there was a record turnout of 160 million voters, a winner had yet to be declared.
The charismatic leader and her ministers made their oaths of office in English and Maori during a ceremony at Wellington’s Government House.
The president spoke as late vote-counting in battleground states showed Democrat Joe Biden steadily closing in on victory.
