President Joe Biden on Thursday urged the nation to accept the results of the presidential election, saying “the will of the people” was clear and vowing a peaceful transfer of power following former President Donald Trump’s decisive victory.
“We accept the choice that the country made. I’ve said many times, you can’t love your country only when you win,” he said in the White House’s Rose Garden.
“I will do my duty as president. I’ll fulfill my oath, and I will honor the Constitution,” he added as Trump was on pace to also win the popular vote after surging in blue states and among men minority voters, something he did not do in his 2016 defeat of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “On Jan. 20, we’ll have a peaceful transfer of power here in America.”
