Biden ‘will win the election TODAY and become the next president of the United States,’ campaign manager predicts
JOE Biden will “win the election today and become the next president of the United States,” his campaign manager predicted.
The Biden campaign manager made the comments on Wednesday as the Democrat took the lead in Wisconsin and Michigan, two key battleground states.
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Jen O’Malley Dillon said: “Joe Biden is on track to win this election, and he will be the next president of the United States…”
“We believe we are on a clear path to victory by this afternoon.”
She also slammed Donald Trump over comments that ballots should stop being counted – and said it would mean a surefire victory for the Democratic candidate.
“Let’s be extremely clear about something. If Donald Trump got his wish and we stopped counting ballots right now, Vice President Joe Biden would be the next president of the United States,” O’Malley Dillon said.
She later affirmed: “We are confident that Vice President Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States.
Speaking to repoters on Wednesday, Biden’s campaign manager, Bob Bauer also maintained that Biden will sweep a win.
“We’re going to win the election. We’ve won the election. And we’re going to defend that election,” Bauer said.
O’Malley Dillon said Biden is expected to give a speech on Wednesday afternoon.
Although most day-of votes have been tallied, mail-in ballots in some states were just beginning to be counted on Wednesday – and it may be days before the final results are in.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, millions more Americans cast their vote by mail compared to other election years.
This means there could be a sway in numbers in battleground states compared to what’s been totaled thus far.
As mail-in ballots continue to be counted, Biden held a lead in Wisconsin and Michigan as of Wednesday morning.
The two states could be key to the Democratic candidate winning the election as he and Trump race to win a majority of 270 of the 538 Electoral College votes.
In a speech at the White House early Wednesday, Donald Trump claimed victory – despite there being millions of ballots yet to be counted.
“We were getting ready to win this election – frankly we did win this election,” Trump claimed.
“So our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good of this nation. This is a very big moment. This is a major fraud on our nation.
Trump has baselessly claimed that mail-in ballots will lead to widespread voter fraud – and been outspoken against tallying them after Election Day.
Trump even threatened legal action in Pennsylvania – a key battleground state – as a Supreme Court ruled that it would allow mail-in ballots to be counted for three days after November 3.
Biden and his campaign, however, have maintained that the American people – and not either candidate – decide who won the election.
As ballots continue to pour in, it could be a matter of days – or weeks – until the final results are known.
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After the United States Postal Service failed to complete an order for Postmaster Generals to sweep facilities for lingering ballots on Tuesday, the agency announced Wednesday the search was finished.
“I can confirm that last night’s sweeps were completed as required,” USPS spokesman David Partenheimer said in an email, as reported by Bloomberg.
The sweep came after the USPS said on Tuesday that nearly 300,000 ballots were not delivered on-time because they “lacked a delivery scan.”