Message from Joe Biden

[CountAllVotes]

This just came in:

After a long night and day of counting, it is clear we are winning in enough states to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

I am here to report that when the count is finished, I believe I will be the winner.

We knew -- because of the unprecedented early vote and the mail-in vote -- that it was going to take a while. We’re going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying the votes is finished. And it ain’t over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted.

With all the votes counted, we have won Wisconsin by 20,000 votes. In Michigan, we lead by over 70,000 votes, and it’s growing. And I feel very good about Pennsylvania. We flipped Arizona and the second district of Nebraska.

So, if we believe this, game is over!

[elleng]

1. Thanks.

Link/Where'd this come from?

[CountAllVotes]

4. An email rec'd from Joe Biden!!!

Time on it was 6:48 p.m.

[elleng]

5. Lucky! I haven't received such!

[CountAllVotes]

7. I gave him $10 and ...

I bought a from him for another $10.

I'm a big time contributor as you can tell!

[elleng]

8. Smart, and more generous than I!

[Catcar]

2. I can now drift into sweet slumber

[Cha]

3. So that's an email from Biden?

He thinks they've won AZ?

I'm not getting excited about anything until it's done. Thanks.

[fleabiscuit]

16. +1 Fool me once, shame on you...

Cha!

[Cha]

22. Ikr.. I'm not jumping on anything

not proven. I remain unfazed unless it's something like.. Michigan was called for Biden/Harris & Senator Gary Peters got Reelected in Michigan!

Michigan came through for us

Good to see you here, flea..

[CountAllVotes]

6. part two of letter from Joe Biden ...

Yesterday, we once again proved that democracy is the heartbeat of our nation -- just as it has been for more than two centuries.

Even in the face of a pandemic, more Americans voted in this election than ever before in American history. Over 150 million votes were cast. I think that’s just extraordinary.

I’m grateful to the poll workers, to our volunteers, our canvassers, everyone that participated in this democratic process.

And I’m grateful to all of my supporters all across the nation. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Every time I walked out of my grandpa’s house up in Scranton, he’d yell, “Joey, Keep the faith.” And my Grandma, when she was alive, would yell, “No, Joey spread it.”

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You Joe Biden are quite welcome!

[Rizen]

9. I wish it was officially over.

I have so much anxiety something horrible will happen it's making me sick.

[fleabiscuit]

17. It's close. nt

[Blue Owl]

10. Lovely!

[DENVERPOPS]

11. Perfect Line for Biden

to keep reporting every time he is in front of the camera!

GAME OVER DONALD, GAME OVER........

[C Moon]

12. I got that email, too. I love they way they add your name into the message.

[CountAllVotes]

13. It is what it is after all

[ancianita]

18. Haha good one!

[PatrickforO]

14. AND, he and Harris have already gotten more votes than ANY

other presidential ticket in US history. 71.6 million votes for Biden/Harris, folks!

71.6 MILLION!!

[CountAllVotes]

15. Now that fact alone is something to celebrate!

That is some great news!

History has been made!

[ancianita]

19. Wow. More than Obama. That IS historic.

[DallasNE]

20. Nebraska 2nd District

Joe Biden didn't just win the 2nd district, he won it by a landslide (11.1%).

How is it that Nebraska awards 1 electoral vote in each congressional district and thus put Joe at the magic 270 number.

A barber by trade, Ernie Chambers went on to be the longest serving member of Nebraska's unicameral. In order to get rid of Chambers from the legislature they set 8 year term limits, but allow for someone to run again after being 8 years out of office. So, after he was term limited he waited the 8 years and was again twice elected and was just term limited for the 2nd time.

Along the way he spent years attempting to change how Nebraska allocates its electoral votes and finally got it passed. His simple argument was that unless Nebraska did that no political candidate would ever campaign in Nebraska so it would bring money into the State that wouldn't otherwise be spent here.

After Obama narrowly won the district in 2012 Nebraska Republicans were furious at the loss and started a drive to get it removed. Chambers to the rescue.

Chambers, who is black, has served as the only black member of the Unicameral. And he has done it with an uncanny set that allows him to be a productive State Senator.

Let's give a shoutout to State Senator Ernie Chambers for his prominent role in making it possible for Omaha to put Joe Biden over the top (even if PA slips into the Biden column it sure made today feel a lot better).

[CountAllVotes]

21. Wow! Thanks for the update!

That is some GREAT news! !

Thank you for sharing that tonight!

[ancianita]

23. Great history and analysis! Thank you!

Long may Ernie Chambers run!

[wnylib]

24. Biden also gave an address around

5:00 pm Wednesday. As I listened to his calm, firm, reassuring tone, I felt like I had slipped into a time warp and was hearing a fireside chat. Nothing to fear but fear itself. No, Biden did not quote FDR on that, but it felt like the same quality of leadership in a crisis.

[NNadir]

25. Thank you Mr. PRESIDENT-ELECT.

[CountAllVotes]

26. As Joe said, it was the early and mail-in voters

I am here to report that when the count is finished, I believe I will be the winner.

We knew -- because of the unprecedented early vote and the mail-in vote -- that it was going to take a while. We’re going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying the votes is finished. And it ain’t over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted.

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Insightful man = Joe Biden.

He knew.

Now we know.

We can trust President-Elect Biden!