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Democrat Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia on Friday morning, closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground States.
Both races remained too early to call with votes still being counted. Neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though Biden has the advantage after eclipsing Trump in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial Midwestern battleground states. Biden leads Trump by nearly 6,000 votes in Pennsylvania and just over 1,000 in Georgia.
It could take several more days for the vote count to conclude in some States, allowing a clear winner to emerge. With millions of ballots yet to be tabulated, Biden has already received more than 73 million votes nationally, the most in history.
"This is a case when they are trying to steal an election, they are trying to rig an election,” Trump said from the podium of the White House briefing room.
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