{"id":5426,"date":"2020-11-07T08:39:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T07:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2020-11-07T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T07:51:25","slug":"us-election-biden-assures-supporters-of-victory-over-trump-as-counts-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-election-biden-assures-supporters-of-victory-over-trump-as-counts-go-on\/","title":{"rendered":"US Election Biden assures supporters of victory over Trump as counts go on"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat Joe Biden has again said he is confident of victory as he inches closer to beating Donald Trump after Tuesday’s US presidential election.<\/p>\n

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The Democratic challenger now has 253 of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to clinch the White House under the state-by-state US voting system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Biden also leads vote counts in the battlegrounds of Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Arizona, the BBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A Biden win would see Mr Trump leave office in January after four years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What did Biden say?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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“We’re going to win this race,” Mr Biden told supporters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday night, striking an increasingly confident tone as vote tallies showed his lead extending. He was joined by his running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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