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Biden says US elections are fair and "can be trusted"

07 November 2024 21:20 (UTC +04:00)

President Joe Biden emphasized the “integrity of the American electoral system” in a speech following the election loss of his 2020 running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, APA reports citing CNN.

“It is honest, it is fair, and it is transparent — and it can be trusted, win or lose,” Biden said.

President-elect Donald Trump had repeatedly questioned the US electoral system in the aftermath of his election loss in 2020, spreading false claims about voter fraud and launching a series of legal challenges in swing states. And in the months before the 2024 presidential election, he sowed further doubt in the electoral system, making baseless claims that Democrats were rigging the election, resulting in growing threats against election workers.

In his speech, Biden thanked election workers who “took risks” and “busted their necks” to do “their duty as citizens.”

“We can restore the respect for all our election workers who busted their necks, took risks at the outset. We should thank them, thank them for staffing voting sites, counting the votes, protecting the very integrity of the election,” Biden said.

“Many of them are volunteers who do it simply out of love for their country, and as they did, as they did their duty as citizens, I will do my duty as president,” Biden said, signaling that he would fulfill his oath to relinquish power and welcome a new administration.