President-elect Joe Biden secures victory with 306 official Electoral College votes

The Electoral College voted Monday to cement President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election.

The ballots were cast throughout the day by individual electors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and they mirror their state’s popular vote.

Shortly before 5:30 p.m. ET, California electors cast their 55 votes for Biden, pushing him over the crucial threshold of 270 electoral votes. At approximately 7:15 p.m., Hawaii cast the final four electoral votes of the day for Biden, who won 306 total electoral votes. Trump won 232 votes.

Biden addressed the nation later Monday, where he will emphasize that “the integrity of our elections remains intact.”

“And so, now it is time to turn the page. To unite. To heal,” Biden said.

The Electoral College vote is typically a formality, occurring more than a month after Election Day votes are cast. But Trump’s unprecedented legal and legislative efforts to overturn the election results this year have imparted a greater significance upon the proceedings.

The president, his campaign and his political allies have filed dozens of lawsuits since Election Day, asking federal and state courts to nullify the election results based on myriad unsubstantiated claims of irregularities.

These efforts repeatedly failed, prompting the president to shift tactics in early December and begin to personally pressure Republican state legislators to intervene in the selection of individual electors. This, too, has failed.

Yet Trump continues to falsely claim that he, not Biden, is the legitimate winner of the November election and that he was the victim of a massive, coordinated nationwide conspiracy to alter votes in Biden’s favor.

In Pennsylvania and Arizona, two key swing states that Biden won, Trump supporters convened Monday outside their state capitols to protest the electoral college vote.

In Michigan, electors received police escorts amid threats of violence at the state capitol. A Republican state representative was stripped of his committee assignments by GOP leaders Monday after refusing to rule out that violence would occur in the capital of Lansing during the electoral vote.

On Capitol Hill, congressional Republicans fearful of angering their Trump-loving constituents have largely fallen in step behind the president and refused to acknowledge Biden’s victory.

Once electors have formally recorded their votes for president and vice president, the next major event in the Electoral College process is a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, during which both chambers will officially count the electoral votes.

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[DoSGamingNetwork]

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within” – Abraham Lincoln

[Louisiananews]

What do you think Biden meant when he said that he didn't need our votes?
We know

[shangtsung]

May all the traitors be brought to justice. Amen

[rebeccaoprea]

“To unite and heal” you mean heal from the damage they themselves have created and blamed on others ? They stir the pot and complain the fire is too hot .

[booAHHHH]

80 million votes and only 1 thousand people tuned in to watch this speech... LOL

[nigelt]

For the record: Tara Reade did not vote for Joe.

[jerrypelletier]

The resistance to sleepy Joe has begun!!!

[MC-brgk]

hey cnbc how about telling us about the ongoing Biden investigation. how about Swalwell scandal?

[jasonyu]

Oh man, the dislikes. It will be one hell of next four years.

[shanetaylor]

Wow your edited clips made it seam like he could actually make a full statement.

[jojquys]

Joe is like, " I am so happy to be elected to the senate"

[JadeoftheGlade]

It wasn't despite the pandemic; it was due to it.

[xmenorigins]

Hahah Cheater is back. Congratulations on cheating

[DavidChadwell]

Jesus... he can't even read a teleprompter without screwing up.

[limited]

Breaking News: Joe Biden tests negative for the presidency.

[dfgyuhdd]

Need to put a warning on this noting that claim is disputed

[NOBLE]

Sucks when the media and fbi on their side also look at the dislike ratio

[GoreChyld]

Can't wait to watch this dude do absolutely nothing, just like he's done absolutely nothing for the entire time he's been a politician.

[silatguy]

Wow, this is like the 12th victory he has received this month, how many victories does he need for the ultimate one? lol

[adamstruthjourney]

I do not stand for this coup of a democracy. I stand for the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God. Indivisible. With Liberty and justice for all.
Those cases were not heard oh, but I have faith that they will be. America deserves the truth