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Biden wins Arizona, cementing U.S. presidential win despite Trump's refusal to concede
Win gives Biden 290 electoral college votes
Thomson Reuters· Posted: Nov 13, 2020 12:41 AM ET
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's win in Arizona gives him 290 electoral votes in the state-by-state electoral college that determines the winner, more than the 270 needed to claim victory. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has won the battleground state of Arizona, according to U.S. networks, dealing another blow to President Donald Trump's struggling effort to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Biden's win in Arizona gives the Democrat 290 electoral votes in the state-by-state electoral college that determines the winner, more than the 270 needed to claim victory. Biden is also winning the popular vote by more than 5.2 million votes, or 3.4 percentage points.
With a few states still counting votes, the electoral math is daunting for Trump. The Republican president has repeatedly claimed the election was marred by widespread fraud, with no evidence to support his assertions. He would need to overtake Biden in at least three battleground states where Biden currently leads by varying margins.
The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits challenging the vote counts in individual states, although some have already been thrown out by judges. Legal experts have said the litigation stands little chance of altering the outcome, and state election officials have said they see no evidence of serious irregularities or fraud.
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Hand-count audits in more than six Arizona counties, including Maricopa County, where a majority of the state's residents live, found only minor discrepancies, the secretary of state's office reported earlier on Thursday. The audits involve hand counts of a random sampling of ballots.
Thus far, most Republican officials and lawmakers have publicly backed Trump's attempt to contest the election results and declined to recognize Biden as the president-elect.
The Arizona win deals another blow to Donald Trump's struggling effort to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
But a handful of Republican senators on Thursday urged the Trump administration to allow Biden to receive intelligence briefings, implicitly acknowledging he could eventually occupy the White House even as they refused to recognize his win.
The president-elect traditionally receives such briefings from the intelligence community to learn of threats facing the United States before taking office.
"I don't see it as a high-risk proposition. I just think it's part of the transition. And, if in fact he does win in the end, I think they need to be able to hit the ground running," Senator John Cornyn told reporters.
Other Republican senators also said Biden should have access to classified briefings, including Lindsey Graham, a vocal Trump supporter, as well as Ron Johnson, James Lankford and Chuck Grassley.
The top House Republican, Kevin McCarthy, opposed the idea.
"He's not president right now. I don't know if he'll be president January 20th," McCarthy said.
With files from CBC News
2021 Comments
Muted for incredibly bad French.
It is over. A political scientist such as yourself should be able to realize it.
David likes to make claims, and then sent you to look up his claims. He should have the evidence at his fingertips on his keyboard. LOL
LMAO, ROTF
You are a political genius. Any facts to back up your claims?
He should be so lucky.
Its davy boy. LOL
Any evidence?
He is complaining about the same thing for years now. Like Trump he cannot accept defeat.
Google his file number and it will lead you to his CBC posts. A circular waste of time.
I have no idea. I am at 21 so far.
Start producing it. You have no idea about your case. LOL
Exactly. He is reading my mind. Thinks he knows who my hero is. I would be surprised to see Harry Potter's name in the transcript. LOL
No need just reading your posts is enough material to laugh all night.
What guess? Keep up the comedy davy boy.