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US Election: It Isn’t In Your Place To Declare Winner, Biden Blasts Trump

The Democrat candidate in the United States presidential election, Joe Biden, says  incumbent President Donald Trump’s does not have the power to declare the winner of Tuesday election.

Biden said this when he who spoke live at Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday night.

He opined that it is the place of the American people to declare their next president through the ballots.

He said, “We know this is gonna go long but who knows if it is gonna go longer. But we feel good about where we are. We believe we are on track to win this election.

“We know because beyond president’s early votes, the mailing votes is going to take a while. We gonna have to be patient until the hard work of counting votes is finished, until every vote is counted. But we’re feeling good about where we are.

“It’s not my place or Donald Trump’s place to declare the winner of this election. That’s the decision of the American people. But I am optimistic about this outcome.”

Already, polls have closed across the United States and a long night of waiting for results lies ahead.

Biden is currently leading with 25 points. He has 238 electoral votes while Trump has 213.

Afolabi Hakim

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