Biden Taunts Trump in Victory Speech
On Monday night, former Vice-President Joe Biden taunted President Donald Trump in his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware.
Following the Electoral College’s certification, Biden immediately addressed his electoral win. At that time, the former Vice-President received 306 electoral votes against Trump’s 232 votes. While Biden could have used the time to patch things up with Republican voters, he continued to rub more salt to the wound by criticizing the U.S. President. “Once again, in America, the rule of law, our Constitution, and the will of the people prevailed,” the new President-elect said. He then proceeded to taunt Trump, “Our democracy—pushed, tested, threatened—proved to be resilient, true, and strong.”
Biden continued by praising the high voter turnout of the Nov. 3 elections, especially since there were a lot of health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. He said that at the beginning of the health crisis, many Americans were worried about how many people would come out to vote. However, Biden said that fortunately, those fears were “unfounded.” In fact, he noted that it had even led to the biggest voter turnout in the country’s history.
He believed that the huge number of votes serves as the “clearest” proof of the will of the people. Biden then proceeded to urge Trump to concede with the election results. He started by referencing his win to Trump’s electoral win in 2016, citing that they both had the same number of votes. The only difference is that Trump called his victory a “landslide,” while today, he was challenging it. Biden then insisted that the President should have the same respect for the results, the same way it was accepted in 2016.
The new President-elect also taunted how Trump failed to win in his legal challenges. During his speech, Biden also brought up the state of Texas’s lawsuit against four key battleground states, including Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. He claimed that the Texas lawsuit was “so extreme”’ that it had never hap[pened before. He then praised the Supreme Court for their unanimous decision to dismiss the case.
He added that Trump was so desperate that he took full advantage of all “avenues” to contest the results. Biden also denied that Trump was not given the time and opportunity to present his case. He then called out the President for threatening election workers, saying that his actions were “unconscionable.”
Finally, Biden praised the people who had worked together to make the elections possible. He believed that their “unwavering faith,” “courage,” and sense of “duty” had led to a successful election.
On Sunday, President Donald Trump continued to stand firm in his refusal to concede with the election results, “it’s not over,” the President declared. Contrary to Biden’s allegations, the President cited numerous incidents where election fraud had taken place, including votes coming from dead people, to state officials sending millions of ballots to residents, even when there were no ballot applications. The President finally expressed that he feared the country would have an “illegitimate president.”