Presidential Election
US election: Donald Trump’s statement after Joe Biden declared winner — full text
Democrat Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the United States presidential election by several major national media outlets, defeating incumbent Donald Trump. Reacting to the projections on Saturday, Trump immediately accused Biden of “rushing to falsely pose as the winner”. The Republican has made repeated claims of electoral fraud without providing evidence, and his campaign has pledged to challenge the result in some battleground states. Here is Trump’s statement in full: “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 conte...
US election: Bill Clinton congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary have reacted to the victory of Joe Biden in the 2020 Presidential Election. Biden is projected to be the winner and expected to be officially declared winner and sworn-in in January as the 46th president of the United States Clinton on his Twitter page said Americans have spoken and democracy has won. “America has spoken and democracy has won. Now we have a President-Elect and Vice President-Elect who will serve all of us and bring us all together. “Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on your momentous victory,” Bill Clinton tweet read. Also, Hillary Clinton said the voters have spoken and have chosen Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be president and Vice President. Her tweet read: “The voters have spoken, and they have chosen...
US election: Nigerian primate tells Joe Biden how to oust Donald Trump
Just two days to the United States, US, presidential election, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Sunday, issued a waning to the candidate of the Democrat Party, Joe Biden. Primate Ayodele warned that Biden would lose the presidential election if fails to focus on some states like Ohio, California, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Colorado. Addressing his members in a live service, the clergyman said the Democrat candidate should not rejoice over results of polls which puts him ahead of of the incumbent President, Donald Trump. According to Primate Ayodele, “Joe Biden should not rejoice yet if at all he is leading in any part of the country according to the polls. Trump still has some technicality to come ahead of Joe Biden, unless Joe Biden uses Trump w...
Luis Arce secures big victory in Bolivia election
The result, which was a vindication to Evo Morales’s MAS party, also gave majorities in both houses of Congress. Leftist leader Luis Arce has won a smashing victory in Bolivia’s presidential election, a final official vote count released on Friday shows, providing vindication for the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party of overthrown President Evo Morales. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced Arce won 55 percent of the votes against six rivals on the ballot, easily avoiding the need for a runoff. The runner-up was centrist former President Carlos Mesa with just less than 29 percent. Conservative Luis Fernando Camacho, one of the leaders of the protest movement that helped drive Morales out of the country a year ago, received only 14 percent of the vote. MAS also won majorities in bot...
NBA Finals Regular LeBron James Help Locals Register To Vote in Cleveland
Source: MEGAN JELINGER / Getty LeBron James continues to doing the good Lord’s work for communities in Ohio, this time to get Clevland locals registered to vote ahead of the November presidential election. Raw Story reports James’ voting rights group, More Than a Vote, in partnership with the NBA, the government, and civic groups, held a non-partisan voter registration drive that helped registered more than 700 people via in-person or online at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The sports facility will also serve as a polling location on November 3. More Than a Vote is heavy on the mission to register as many citizens in underserved areas as possible to fight voter suppression efforts by converting sports venues into spacious voting locations and addressing staffing s...
Obadiah Mailafia honours third DSS invitation
A Former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, on Monday for the third time honoured the invitation from the Department of State Security (DSS). Mailafia arrived the DSS headquarters at about 11am for another round of interrogation over an interview he granted that a sitting Governor in the north is a commander of the Boko Haram sect . The Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2019 presidential election on arrival was cheered by hundreds of his supporters who stormed the DSS headquarters. Speaking with journalists on arrival, before honouring the DSS invitation, Mailafia said “I am ready to perish for speaking the mind of millions of Nigerians over the incessant killings of innocent citizens going on presently in the ...
Facebook Moves to Prevent Election Interference, Bans New Political Ads Beginning October 27th
Despite what Donald Trump or Mark Zuckerberg say, it’s pretty clear at this point that foreign interference on Facebook helped sway the 2016 presidential election. While Zuck has been slow to take responsibility or hold users on the platform accountable, Facebook has started initiating some changes to prevent further manipulation in 2020. Today, the company’s founder/CEO announced new steps Facebook and Instagram are taking to combat election tampering — including banning new political ads beginning one week before November 3rd. In his post announcing the changes, Zuckerberg explained barring ads beginning October 27th ensures Facebook has enough time to investigate any claims of misinformation. Trump has already been routinely criticized for pushing ads with false claims about his opponen...
Cardi B Teams Up With Atlantic Records To Encourage Voter Registration
Source: Atlantic Records / Atlantic Cardi B is back with a new public service announcement and it’s all about the upcoming 2020 presidential election. With the help of Atlantic Records, the superstar is getting the word out about the importance of voter registration. “Let me tell you something: state deadlines are coming very quick,” Cardi says on Atlantic’s Instagram post. “So make sure y’all click the link in the bio so y’all can register to vote.” Earlier this year, a group of employees at Atlantic Records launched a company-wide task force called ATL Votes, which plans out efforts to raise awareness about voting with the help of their roster’s platforms and star-power. They also teamed up with HeadCount to integrate their voter registration platform into the websites, email lists...
Burglars invade late MKO Abiola’s home
The police in Lagos State have arrested some domestic staff at the Ikeja home of the former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party during the 1993 presidential election, Late Bashorun MKO Abiola in connection with a burglary incident. Some yet to be identified burglars had reportedly invaded his house on Wednesday morning the late politician’s home, where they carted away yet to be quantified things. Police at the state command headquarters, who confirmed the burglary to newsmen said that “we suspect insiders’ job and we have arrested some suspects.” The police source, a senior police officer said that policemen from Ikeja divisional police officer were immediately deployed to the scene for investigations. Efforts to get the reaction of the image-maker in charge of the state...
Op Alert: Kanye West Won’t Be On Missouri Ballot Either
Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Kanye West‘s blatant spoiler campaign for President is taking all the L’s. The rapper won’t be appearing on the Missouri ballot after failing to get enough signatures. Today our office issued a letter to Kanye West informing him of the insufficiency of his independent candidate nomination petition for President. The petition was determined to have 6,557 valid signatures of the required 10,000. pic.twitter.com/vxOSk8WCD3 — Missouri SOS Office (@MissouriSOS) August 25, 2020 In order to get on the ballot, Mr. West needed 10,000 signatures. However, as reported by the Kansas City Star, Yeezy came up short by 3,443 of the signatures he needed to get a spot on the November general election ballot. The info comes from Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office, wh...
100 Black Men Sign Letter Urging Joe Biden To Select A Black Woman As His VP
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz A group of 100 Black prominent from all walks of life are standing in solidarity with the #WinWithBlackWomen campaign. In a letter signed by names like Sean “Diddy” Combs, Chris Paul, Charlamagne Tha God, Michael E. Dyson, Nick Cannon, and more, they are urging the former vice president and current Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden to choose a Black woman as VP pick. They all feel that without a doubt that a Black woman deserves the job being that the Black women on Biden’s shortlist for the job have been “unfairly criticized and scrutinized.” Washington Post reporter Matt Viser shared the letter on Twitter, in it, it explicitly highlighted the scrutiny that Senator Kamala Harris has faced since news broke that ...
Joe Biden Picks Howard Alum & AKA Kamala Harris To Be His Vice President
Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s search for a running mate is finally ended today with the former vice president choosing California Senator Kamala Harris. Joe Biden made the announcement Tuesday afternoon (Aug.11) following word quickly spreading that he finally made his decision that had the world waiting anxiously. In a Tweet, Biden revealed his long-awaited decision calling Harris “a fighter for the little guy” and one of the country’s “finest public servants.” The former VP also highlighted Harris’s work with his son Beau, with whom she was also good friends with. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country&#...
