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Electoral College Formalizes Biden Win, Trump Team Not Giving Up Legal Fight, Calling for Alternate Electors

Electoral College Formalizes Biden Win, Trump Team Not Giving Up Legal Fight, Calling for Alternate Electors Read Transcript


- Jenna Browder brings us thestory now from Washington.

- Joe Biden received 306Electoral College votes,

making him the president elect.

Last night he blasted President Trump

for continuing to challengethe election results.

- The court sent a clearsignal to President Trump

that they would be no partof an unprecedented assault

on our democracy.

- [Jenna] The president elect

calling for a spirit of unity and healing.

- The integrity of ourelections remains intact.

And now it's time to turn the page

as we've done throughout our history.

To unite, to heal.

- [Jenna] One leading Republican Senator

reaching the same conclusion.

- [Senator] At some pointyou have to face the music.

And I think that oncethe Electoral College

settles the issue today

that it's time for everybody to move on.

- [Jenna] PresidentTrump and his team though

have yet to concede

as they continue to pursuetheir case in the courts.

- The only date in theConstitution is January 20th.

So we have more than enoughtime to write the wrong.

- [Jenna] A CBS chiefpolitical analyst, David Brody,

says even though theElectoral College has voted

it's still not technically official.

On Faith Nation he explainedthat state legislatures

can send their own listof electors to Congress.

- Technically the US Congress

has to certify the vote on January 6th.

That's what the Trump campaignis hoping will happen.

That the state legislatureswill send dual electors

and then at that point,

the House and Senate willhave to figure it out.

- Monday some legislatures

did send a separate slate of electors.

In several contested states,

Republican electors castingtheir ballots for Trump

in case he wins his cases in the courts.

So far few Republicans have conceited

that Biden won the election.

President Trump's defenders say his voters

deserve to have theirconcerns taken seriously.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CB.

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