*Evo Morales says ‘Trump’s defeat is defeat of racist policies’
Morales said Trump’s election loss would mean the defeat of “interventionist” policies.
“Trump’s electoral defeat is the defeat of racist and fascist policies. The interventionist practices have also been defeated, as well as their inhumane attacks against Mother Earth,” Morales wrote on Twitter.
He earlier conveyed the same sentiment to reporters, saying “we are not happy if Biden wins, but we are happy if Trump loses.”
The former president claimed that the “conspiracy” to oust him occurred “under Trump’s mandate.”
*Biden calls for healing in appeal to Trump voters
*Giuliani says Trump won't concede amid legal challenges
President Trump wouldn’t concede the election at this point and the race is “far from over,” Rudy Guiliani said Saturday at a news conference in Philadelphia.
"Obviously he’s not going to concede when at least 600,000 ballots are in question," Giuliani claimed, shortly after the presidential race had been called in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.
*‘No greater ally’ – UK minister predicts close ties with Biden
US President-elect Joe Biden will have no closer ally or more dependable friend than the UK, foreign minister Dominic Raab said, expressing confidence the two countries’ “special relationship” would endure.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was once fondly dubbed “Britain Trump” by President Donald Trump, congratulated Biden on his victory on Saturday, saying he looked forward to “working closely together on our shared priorities”
*Iranian Presidnet Rouhani says there is an opportunity for the future American administration to compensate for its previous mistakes
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said the next US administration has an opportunity to “compensate for its previous mistakes” following Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
“Now there is an opportunity for the future American administration to compensate for its previous mistakes and return to the path of adherence to international commitments,” Rouhani said in a statement on his official website.
*Trump supporters continue protesting vote count in Arizona
Outside the Maricopa County Elections Department, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump rallied for a fourth consecutive day, insisting the Democratic Party had stolen the election, Aljazeera reported.
The demonstrators took turns addressing the crowd and kneeling to pray for Trump.
*Thousands gather to hear Biden give victory speech in Wilmington
*Some world leaders silent on Biden win
As many world leaders rushed to send President-elect Joe Biden congratulations on his victory over Donald Trump, others were noticeable in their silence on Sunday.
*Biden vows immediate, science-based action on virus
Biden vowed immediate action to contain the United States’ coronavirus crisis, signaling science would dominate the national response once Donald Trump leaves the White House.
Biden’s pledge, in his first national address since defeating Trump, followed three days of record infections in the United States and came as the nation’s death toll surpassed 237,000
*Netanyahu congratulates Biden and thanks Trump
Zionist regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory.
Netanyahu tweeted early Sunday and said he had shared a “warm relationship” with Biden for nearly 40 years and described him as a “great friend” of the Israeli regime.
“I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the US and Israel,” he wrote in the tweet, which was addressed to both Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
He also thanked Donald Trump "for recognizing Jerusalem and the Golan, for standing up to Iran, for the historic peace accords and for bringing the American-Israeli alliance to unprecedented heights."
Netanyahu’s message came hours after many world leaders and some Israeli ministers had congratulated Democrat Biden, even as Trump refused to concede and pressed ahead with legal fights against the outcome.
*Trump campaign files fresh lawsuit in Arizona
The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Saturday in Arizona that seeks the manual inspection of potentially thousands of in-person Election Day ballots in metro Phoenix that they allege were mishandled by poll workers and resulted in some ballot selections being disregarded.
*Australia wishes Biden, Harris ‘every success’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wished Biden and Harris “every success” in a tweet.
“The Australia-US Alliance is deep and enduring and built on shared values. I look forward to working with you closely as we face the world’s many challenges together,” he said.
*Biden says voters delivered ‘convincing victory’
Biden is addressing the nation from Wilmington, Delaware.
“Folks the people of this nation have spoken. They delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory, a victory for `We the People’,” Biden said, claiming a popular vote mandate.
“We’ve won with the most votes after cast for a presidential ticket in the history of the nation,” he said.
“Our work begins with getting COVID under control,” Biden said, adding that he will announce on Monday a task force and a plan to deal with the pandemic.
Biden said he is proud of the diverse society that elected him and Kamala Harris the first woman vice president.
“I am proud of the coalition we put together, the broadest and most diverse coalition in history,” Biden said, singling out the support from Black voters who gave his campaign new momentum during the Democratic primaries.
*VP-elect Kamala Harris addresses country
Harris addressed the crowd in Wilmington, Delaware.
“You chose hope and unity decency, science and yes, truth. You chose Joe Biden as the next president,” Harris said.
*Mexico’s president won’t congratulate Biden until ‘legal proceedings’ conclude
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that he can not congratulate a winner of the US presidential election until all legal proceedings are concluded, calling his decision “politically prudent”.
*Pro-Trump protests continue in Maricopa County election centre as vote continues
Supporters of Trump continued protests for a third day outside an election centre in Arizona’s capital, while the state’s Maricopa County said there were around 90,000 ballots left to count.
Demonstrators claim that what they see as slow ballot counting is part of an effort to steal the election from Trump.
Trump himself has made similar claims on Twitter and during press briefings, saying without evidence that supposedly illegal votes had been cast and that the Democrats had rigged the election.
Some elections department employees had to be escorted out by security guards as the demonstrators rallied.
*‘I ain’t buying it’: Trump voters protest US election call
As thousands of people are rallying across the United States to celebrate the projected victory of Democrat Joe Biden, some of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters are insisting that the presidential contest is not over yet.
*Trump campaign files lawsuit over rejected vote claims in Arizona
The Trump campaign has said it has filed suit in Arizona, alleging the Southwestern state’s most populous county incorrectly rejected votes cast by some voters.
The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court in Maricopa County, said poll workers told some voters to press a button after a machine had detected an “overvote.”
The campaign contended that decision disregarded voters’ choices in those races, saying new voting machines were used on Tuesday. The lawsuit suggested those votes could prove “determinative” in the state’s outcome.
The campaign has filed a swath of lawsuits challenging counts in several key states as they have baselessly alleged widespread fraud.
*No plans for Trump to speak, but the president tweets grievance
US President Donald Trump will not give a concession speech, the White House communications office indicated, calling a news and photo “lid” for the day. The president did, however, tweet his grievances about the election.
“71,000,000 Legal Votes. The most EVER for a sitting President!” Trump said.
A second tweet claiming Republican observers were not allowed in count rooms was flagged by Twitter for making a disputed claim. In fact, observers were allowed in counting rooms.
*Macron hopeful over projected Biden victory
French President Emmanuel Macron has tweeted his congratulations to Biden and Harris saying that he looks forward to working with them on some of today’s challenges
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