US Election 2020: Trump accuses Biden of fraud, says he will approach Supreme Court

As of 2:00 PM IST, Biden has 238 electoral votes whereas Trump has 213, and a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump accused Joe Biden of election fraud and said that he will approach the US Supreme Court. He said, “We want all voting to stop,”

Trump said, “We were going to win this election. Frankly, we did win…. Our goal is to ensure the integrity of the good of the country. We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So, we will be going to the US Supreme Court.” He added, “Biden campaign had committed a fraud on the American Public.”

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Joe Biden, on the other hand, while speaking in Delaware, thanked his supporters for their patience, said “Your patience is commendable. We knew this would go long, but who knew it would go till tomorrow morning, or even longer. We feel good about where we are, we really do…. We are on track to win this election.”

According to prediction, Trump will win Florida, Texas, Iowa, and Ohio. While Biden will win Arizona. Results of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Though the final results are yet to be declared.

As of 2:00 PM IST, Biden has 238 electoral votes whereas Trump has 213, and a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. This election has been called historic due to the largest voters’ participation in a century. According to the United States Election Project, in states like Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Texas, and Washington state voter turnout was more than 2016 polls.

239 million people are eligible to vote and mail-in ballots could take days or weeks to be counted in some key states, that is, the presidential declaration will not be within an hour after polls close. Over one million mail ballots yet to be counted in Pennsylvania.