Trump Says He'll Leave Office if Electoral College Formalizes Biden Win
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We ran the numbers: There are 2213 news articles covering this topic. 47% (1050) are left leaning, 32% (700) are center, and 21% (463) are right leaning.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he would leave office if Biden is chosen by the Electoral College next month. While left-leaning articles highlight that Trump continues to defy conventions, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump continued to allege “massive fraud” in the vote count.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the fact that a sitting American president even has to address whether or not he would leave office after losing election underscores the extent to which Trump has defied one convention after another. At one point, Trump even urged reporters not to allow Biden the credit for pending coronavirus vaccines.
CNET published a centrist article reporting that Trump said he would leave office if President-elect Joe Biden was chosen by the Electoral College next month. Forecasting when or if Trump will concede has been a political game for weeks, as in his first remarks to reporters since the November 3rd general election, the president made clear he had no intention to concede.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that on Thursday, Trump continued to allege “massive fraud” in the vote count. On Wednesday, Trump asserted again that he won the election, stating that this “election was rigged and we can’t let that happen.”