Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of being irresponsible as election fraud saga continues

US President-elect Joe Biden accused
incumbent President Donald Trump of damaging democracy, as Trump’s attempt to
swing back his election loss through voting fraud claims was dealt another blow
on Thursday after Biden won the state of Georgia by way of a recount.

Biden, in his home state of Delaware,
told reporters that Trump was behind “incredibly damaging messages being sent
to the rest of the world about how democracy functions”.

Biden, by measure of both popular as
well as electoral college votes, received a greater number of votes than Trump.
Biden-acquired popular votes were counted to be 6 million more than what Trump
had received. In case of electoral college votes, Biden’s win in Georgia took
him to 306 as opposed to Trump’s 232 – with 270 required to win the
presidential race and take the White House.

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From alleging voter fraud to asking
states to overrule the voters’ will, Trump has changed his strategy.

He recently invited Michigan lawmakers
to the White House, even though his campaign withdrew a federal lawsuit asking a block
on the publication of the final certifications for the state’s results.

Earlier Thursday, Trump had dispatched
his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to give a news conference where he read affidavits
claiming fraudulent voter activity in multiple states and said the campaign
would file a new lawsuit in Georgia.

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Chris Krebs, the top US election
security official who was fired by Trump after calling the election the most
secure ever, wrote on Twitter that the news conference was “the most
dangerous 1hr 45 minutes of television in American history” and
“possibly the craziest.”