Trump campaign challenges Biden’s victory

On Saturday, Nov. 7, after days of waiting on mail-in votes to be counted, it was announced that Vice President Joe Biden would be the 46th president of the United States.  

“I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify — who doesn’t see red and blue states, but a United States,” Biden said in his victory speech Saturday, according to The New York Times. “And who will work with all my heart to win the confidence of the whole people.” 

Since the announcement, President Donald Trump has been doing everything he can to fight the results. The Trump campaign launched a lawsuit over Pennsylvania’s presidential election, saying that “Democratic-heavy counties” violated the law by identifying mail-in ballots that had defects before Election Day so the voter could fix the defect and ensure that their vote would be counted, according to the Associated Press. The lawsuit asks the court to prevent the state from certifying the results of the election.  

“We are very close to the automatic recount statute in Pennsylvania and this lawsuit itself could change that or swing that small discrepancy,” Matthew Morgan, Trump campaign general counsel, said in a news conference in Washington, according to the AP. 

The Trump campaign has also filed lawsuits using the same claims in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin according to the AP. 

There has yet to be any signs of voter fraud in any of these states.