The Electoral College is already voting to certify Democrat Joe Biden as president of the United States on Monday, after the Supreme Court rejected the demands of Republican Donald Trump, who has not yet recognized defeat.
"No, it is not over. We will continue. And we will continue to advance," Trump said this Sunday in an interview on the conservative Fox News network, despite the fact that there are no clear legal avenues to challenge Biden's victory at the polls.
And soon after, on his way to his private golf club in Sterling, Virginia, for Sunday, he tweeted:
"Most corrupt elections in American history."
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In recent weeks, however, various judicial instances in various states of the country have been dismissing the complaints filed by the outgoing president's campaign, most of them for lack of evidence, and they have validated Biden's victory.
The coup de grace to Trump's latest attempt to overturn the result of the November presidential election was dealt on Friday by the United States Supreme Court when it rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas.
Therefore, this Monday, the Electoral College meets to formally vote for Biden as the next president of the United States, who
will take office on January 20, 2021.
The Democrat won 306 delegates in the Electoral College, above the minimum of 270 needed, while Trump was left with 232 delegates of the total of 538.
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens to the left during an event at The Queen Theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. AP Photo / Andrew Harnik
Although Americans voted at the polls on November 3, the formally recognized result is the Electoral College votes, distributed proportionally by population among the 50 states of the country plus the District of Columbia, where the capital, Washington, is located. It will be carried out on Monday by the voters of each state, usually representatives of political parties or state officials, and who reflect the result at the polls on November 3. Once the count is completed, it will be sent to the President of the Senate in Washington , a position held by the vice president of the United States, to confirm the result on January 6. And later, in January, Biden's inauguration ceremony will be held as the 46th president of the United States.
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However, Trump still does not recognize his defeat in the elections by alleging without evidence an alleged electoral "fraud", a position to which a large part of his followers,
which has increased the already tense political polarization in the country.
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On Saturday night, four people were stabbed in Washington after clashes between Trump supporters and members of the Antifa and Black Lives Matter movements.
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The clashes occurred at the end of the marches under the slogan of "Stop the robbery" held in the US capital by pro-Trump activists.
"We are in a spiritual battle for the heart and soul of this country. We will win," said Michael Flynn, Trump's first National Security Adviser, one of the speakers at the rally.
Meanwhile, Biden tries to give an image of normality in the face of Trump's aggressive rhetoric, and amid concern about the rise in infections due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country, he has been announcing his nominations for the main positions of his Administration .
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At the moment it has already featured Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, Anthony Blinken to head the State Department and retired General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense.
He has also pledged to reintegrate the US into the Paris Climate Agreement "on the first day" of his presidency and to convene a world summit on the issue in his "first 100 days" at the White House.
With information from EFE, Fox News and AP.