US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Jared Kushner Approaches Trump About Conceding; Georgia’s Fulton County Rescans Ballots

13 min readNov 8, 2020

US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the election, two sources tell CNN. The move comes following Trump’s assertion in a statement from his campaign — moments after CNN projected that President-elect Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States — that Biden is “rushing to falsely pose as the winner” and that the race is “far from over.” “I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands,” Trump said in the statement, which states that the campaign’s legal battle will begin Monday. Biden-Harris deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said Saturday night, as CNN has reported, that there has been no communication between Biden and Trump, or between any representatives from either campaign, since the race was called earlier in the day.

Speaking to a deeply divided nation, President-elect Joe Biden today made a plea for unity and understanding after four years of turmoil and conflict fomented by Trump, who showed no indication that he plans to concede and continued to push the falsehood that he had won the election. Speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday evening, The President-elect reached out to voters who supported Trump. “I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple of times myself. But now, let’s give each other a chance,” Biden said. “This is the time to heal in America.” Biden said he was humbled by the trust and confidence that America has placed in him. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify, who doesn’t see red states and blue states, but only sees the United States.” “I sought this office to rebuild the soul of America, to rebuild the backbone of this nation, the middle class and to make America respected around the world again,” Biden said.

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation Saturday night for the first time after winning the White House, delivering a message of unity and healing to a bitterly divided nation.

Biden promised the captivated crowd of supporters at his campaign headquarters “to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify.”

“To make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans,” Biden said.

“This is the time to heal in America,” he added, amid a chorus of blaring car horns and screams.

Biden vowed to “work with all my heart for the confidence of the whole people. To win the confidence of all people.”

Biden spoke at a drive-in rally outside the Chase Center on the Riverfront, in Wilmington, Del., where 360 cars, the campaign said, had gathered. As Biden spoke, supporters of all ages sat atop their cars, inside their vehicles, or beside them, yelling, screaming, cheering and pumping their car horns in enthusiastic support of the man on stage.

Biden repeatedly nodded to the history-making moment his victory ushered in, with his running mate, Kamala Harris, becoming the first-ever woman, Black and South Asian American to be elected vice president. Harris, wearing suffragette white, introduced the president-elect to the stage after remarks that paid tribute to her barrier-breaking moment and the women who inspired her.

Biden, for his part, spoke directly to Americans who voted for President Donald Trump, personally asking them to help him heal the divisions of the country that have widened over the last four years.

“I understand your disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple of times myself,” Biden said. “But now let’s give each other a chance.”

“It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again,” he said, adding that the American people had given him a “mandate” to usher in an era of cooperation.

“I’ll work as hard for those who didn’t vote for me as those who did,” Biden said. “Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end here and now.”

He also spoke directly to Black voters whose support helped deliver him, first, the Democratic nomination in a crowded primary, and, later, the presidency.

“The African American community stood up again for me. You’ve always had my back, and I’ll have yours,” Biden said, pounding his lectern as he spoke.

Biden’s projected victory over Trump earlier Saturday capped one of the longest and most tumultuous campaigns in modern history, in which he maintained an aggressive focus on Trump’s widely criticized handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. A majority of voters said rising coronavirus case numbers were a significant factor in their votes, according to early results from the NBC News Exit Poll of early and Election Day voters.

On Saturday night, Biden explicitly promised that controlling the pandemic would be his top priority.

“Our work begins with getting Covid under control,” he said.

Moments earlier, Harris, in a stirring speech of her own, focused heavily on the history-making moment of her election to the second-most important office in the land, and paid tribute to the women, and the women of color, who paved the way for her to arrive at the current moment.

The generations of women, Black women. Asian, White, Latina, Native American women, who throughout our nation’s history have paved the way for this moment tonight. Women who fought and sacrificed so much for equality and liberty and justice for all. Including the Black women who are often, too often, overlooked but so often prove they are the backbone of our democracy,” Harris said.

“All the women who have worked to secure and protect the right to vote for over a century. 100 years ago with the 19th Amendment, 55 years ago with the Voting Rights Act,” added Harris, sporting a white pant suit in honor of the suffragette movement.

“Tonight I reflect on their struggle, their determination and the strength of their vision to see what can be unburdened by what has been, and I stand on their shoulders,” Harris said.

“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last,” she continued. “Every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”

She also lauded the country for the choice it had made in sending Biden to the White House, while previewing his message of unity.

“You chose, hope, unity decency, science, and, yes, truth,” she said, prompting a loud chorus of blaring car horns and screams. “You chose Joe Biden.”

Biden and Harris spoke to an energized crowd that hung on to every word and responded excitedly, with car horns and cheers, to nearly every line. Minivans in attendance were adorned with Biden-Harris signs, SUV’s were decorated with Biden-Harris blankets and tapestries, and more than a few supporters were seen discreetly mixing cocktails.

Ahead of the speeches, supporters attending the rally said they felt electrified by Biden’s win.

“I cried. A lot. They were happy tears. Exuberant tears” said Tim Valley, 32, who traveled to the event from Washington, D.C., ahead of the speeches.

“Hopeful. Emotional. Relieved,” Helen Milby said, describing her emotions over Biden’s win.

“I feel amazing, wonderful, relieved,” Charlie McEntee, who drove in from Wallingford, Pa., for the rally, said. “Now, I just hope he can unite the country.”

Added Kay Betts, of Felton, Del., “He can say anything he wants tonight. I’m just happy he’ll be our president.”

Following Biden’s speech, he and Harris were joined on state by their spouses, Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, as confetti rained down on all of them.

An elaborate fireworks display capped the evening, with the explosions taking the shape of the spelling of Biden’s name as well as the number 46 — as in, the 46th president of the United States.

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the closely-fought election to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to media reports on Sunday.

The move comes following Trump’s assertion in a statement from his campaign — after major US media outlets projected that President-elect Biden will become the 46th president of the United States — that Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner and that the race is far from over.” Kushner has approached the President about conceding the election, CNN quoted two unidentified sources as saying.

Kushner has told others that he has urged the president to accept the outcome of the race even if Trump won’t come to terms with how it was reached, the Associated Press also reported on Sunday. “I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands,” Trump said in the statement, which states that the campaign’s legal battle will begin Monday.

Biden-Kamala Harris deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said that there has been no communication between Biden and Trump, or between any representatives from either campaign, since the race was called earlier in the day after the 77-year-old former US vice president crossed the 270 electoral college votes required to win the race for the White House. Biden, in his victory speech on Saturday night, did not mention Trump, a Republican, by name.

Biden said he was humbled by the trust America had placed in him and reached out to those Americans who did not vote for him. “I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple of times myself. But now, let’s give each other a chance,” he said, adding later in his remarks, “This is the time to heal in America.” Biden claimed that he would be a president that would lead the entire nation, regardless of political party. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees the United States, Biden said.

The former vice president noted in his remarks that it is time both sides “listen to each other again.” “It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans,” Biden said. PTI AKJ 11081304 NNNN.

merica is celebrating and it seems the entire world has joined the nation in its revelry after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump to win the race to the White House.

As the nation hailed the victory of Biden along with his running mate Kamala Harris, tweets and messages congratulating the duo for the big win were doing rounds on Twitter. Amidst all that, Harris shared an adorable video of herself congratulating Biden in the morning after the news broke of their victory. Watch the short video here:

We did it, @JoeBiden. pic.twitter.com/oCgeylsjB4
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020

Harris, who seemed to be most probably out for a walk or jog, calls up Biden and says, “We did it, Joe. You are going to be the next president of the United States.”

The video was inundated with comments praising and congratulating the duo for their historic win against Donald Trump.

CONGRATULATIONS KAMALA!!! CONGRATULATIONS JOE!!! WHAT A JOYOUS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Maya Rudolph (@MayaRudolph) November 7, 2020
A historic day.After the darkness, division and hate of the past four years, America has spoken and rejected more of the same.Congratulations to President-Elect Joe Biden Today we go forward in hope & progress.#CongratulationsJoeBiden
— Michael Misiko (@MisikoMichael) November 7, 2020
Congrats to Kamala who will become the first ever female VP! And she has a great smile too!
— MURRAY (@murray_nyc) November 7, 2020
congrats madame Vice President ❤️ pic.twitter.com/GVsZhEc2KI
— MHDAVIS- NewYork (@MHDavisNewYork) November 7, 2020

Biden was declared the President-elect on Saturday after he went past the required 270 electoral votes to 273 when he cinched Pennsylvania, sparking celebrations across the country. The 77-year-old six-term Democratic senator, who triumphed over incumbent Republican President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election, ran twice unsuccessfully for president — in 1988 and 2008.

Harris on her part will also be the first woman, Black American and also the first woman of Asian origin to take on the mantle of the country’s vice president. She has also inspired legions of little and grown up women from a wide range of backgrounds to aim for what they want and win big.

While crediting Biden for taking the risk of choosing a woman as his running mate, Harris had said, “”While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris invoked the life and legacy of the late Rep. John Lewis during her opening remarks tonight, reminding Americans that “democracy is not guaranteed.” Democracy is “only as strong as our willingness to fight for it,” Harris said. “To guard it and never take it for granted,” she added from Wilmington, Delaware. “It takes sacrifice. But there is joy in it. And there is progress, because we, the people, have the power to build a better future.” Harris added: “And when our very democracy was on the ballot in this election with the very soul of America at stake and the world watching, you ushered in a new day for America.” Harris’ speech comes less than 10 hours after CNN projected Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, putting him over the 270 electoral vote threshold needed for the presidency.

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been elected the 46th president of the United States, promising to restore political normalcy and a spirit of national unity to confront raging health and economic crises, and making Donald J. Trump a one-term president after four years of tumult in the White House. Biden’s victory amounted to a repudiation of Trump by millions of voters exhausted with his divisive conduct and chaotic administration, and was delivered by an unlikely alliance of women, people of color, old and young voters and a sliver of disaffected Republicans. Trump is only the third elected president since World War II to lose re-election, and the first in more than a quarter-century. The result also provided a history-making moment for Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, who will become the first woman to serve as vice president.

With his triumph, Biden, who turns 78 later this month, fulfilled his decadeslong ambition in his third bid for the White House, becoming the oldest person elected president. A pillar of Washington who was first elected amid the Watergate scandal, and who prefers political consensus over combat, Biden will lead a nation and a Democratic Party that have become far more ideological since his arrival in the capital in 1973. He offered a mainstream Democratic agenda, yet it was less his policy platform than his biography to which many voters gravitated. Seeking the nation’s highest office a half-century after his first campaign, Biden — a candidate in the late autumn of his career — presented his life of setback and recovery to voters as a parable for a wounded country. In a brief statement, Biden called for healing and unity. “With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation,” he said. “It’s time for America to unite. And to heal. We are the United States of America. And there’s nothing we can’t do, if we do it together.”

In his own statement, Trump insisted “this election is far from over” and vowed that his campaign would “start prosecuting our case in court” but offered no details.

The race, which concluded after four tense days of vote-counting in a handful of battlegrounds, was a singular referendum on Trump in a way no president’s reelection has been in modern times. He coveted the attention, and voters who either adored him or loathed him were eager to render judgment on his tenure. From the beginning to the end of the race, Biden made the president’s character central to his campaign.

This unrelenting focus propelled Biden to victory in historically Democratic strongholds in the industrial Midwest, with Biden forging a coalition of suburbanites and big-city residents to claim at least three states his party lost in 2016.

Yet even as they turned Trump out of office, voters sent a more uncertain message about the left-of-center platform Biden ran on as Democrats lost seats in the House and made only modest gains in the Senate. The divided judgment — a rare example of ticket splitting in partisan times — demonstrated that, for many voters, their disdain for the president was as personal as it was political.

Even in defeat, though, Trump demonstrated his enduring appeal to many white voters and his intense popularity in rural areas, underscoring the deep national divisions that Biden has vowed to heal.

The outcome of the race came into focus slowly as states and municipalities grappled with the legal and logistical challenges of voting in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. With an enormous backlog of early and mail-in votes, some states reported their totals in a halting fashion that in the early hours of Wednesday painted a misleadingly rosy picture for Trump.

But as the big cities of the Midwest and West began to report their totals, the advantage in the race shifted the electoral map in Biden’s favor. By Wednesday afternoon, the former vice president had rebuilt much of the so-called blue wall in the Midwest, reclaiming the historically Democratic battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan that Trump carried four years ago. And on Saturday, with troves of ballots coming in from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, he took back Pennsylvania as well.

While Biden stopped short of claiming victory as the week unfolded, he appeared several times in his home state, Delaware, to express confidence that he could win, while urging patience as the nation awaited the results. Even as he sought to claim something of an electoral mandate, noting that he had earned more in the popular vote than any other candidate in history, Biden struck a tone of reconciliation.

It would soon be time, he said, “to unite, to heal, to come together as a nation.”

US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Jared Kushner Approaches Trump About Conceding; Georgia’s Fulton County Rescans Ballots

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