President-elect Joe Biden declared it was "time to heal" America in his first speech after what he called a "convincing" victory in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede defeat in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. "Americans have called on us to marshal the forces of decency and the forces of fairness. To marshal the forces of science and the forces of hope in the great battles of our time," Biden said at a victory rally in Delware.
Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania took him well past the electoral college threshold of 270 votes. The former Vice President would become the oldest president in US history at his inauguration, aged 78.
Trump has accused Biden of "rushing to falsely pose as the winner.""This election is far from over," he said in a statement.
Mwanwhile, congratulations poured in from abroad, including from conservative British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, making it hard for Trump to push his repeated claims, without evidence, that the election was rigged against him.
