Hours after the US Electoral College declared Joe Biden as winner of the US presidential election, he has lashed out at his opponent Donald Trump.
He said the reluctant outgoing President was setting a precedent strange to the history of democracy in the US.
According to him, the victimisation that Trump and his supporters have subjected him to in the course of the election is also alienate the American system.
He said, “It’s a position so extreme we’ve never seen it before. A position that refused to respect the will of the people, refused to respect the rule of law, and refused to honour our constitution.
“The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can extinguish that.
“It is my sincere hope we never again see anyone subjected to the kind of threats and abuse we saw in this election,” Biden said, calling the harassment of officials “unconscionable.”
