Joe Biden says he’ll be ‘President for all Americans’ after winning election

Joe Biden has thanked Americans for electing him as the next President of the United States.

He tweeted: ‘America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country.

‘The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.

‘I will keep the faith that you have placed in me.’

The Democrat updated his Twitter bio to say ‘President-Elect’ minutes after forecasters predicted he would bag the required 270 electoral college votes needed to definitively win the contest.

Saturday’s win in Pennsylvania gave Biden 20 votes, pushing him to 284 votes with official poll callers AP and Fox News, and 273 with rival forecasters CNN and The New York Times.

Donald Trump has refused to accept that Biden has beaten him in the US presidential election, saying: ‘This isn’t over.’

The current president released a statement, saying: ‘We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: They don’t want the truth to be exposed.

‘The simple fact is this election is far from over. Joe Biden has not been certified as the winner of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate victor.

‘In Pennsylvania, for example, our legal observers were not permitted meaningful access to watch the counting process. Legal votes decide who is president, not the news media.’

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