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by sneak 2055 days ago
> Leaders across the world are congratulating Biden and accepting the results. All of the US media is accepting the results. Even Fox News accepted the results. Most of the GOP is accepting the results.

Regardless about how you feel about this election, consensus does not determine election results, the law does, and the result of the application of the law is decided by a handful of people, none of whom you just listed.

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It doesn't matter.

The fact that Biden has been widely accepted as the next president is extremely important. That means nobody in the world views these claims of election fraud etc as legitimate.

Meanwhile you have trump crying out on Twitter "I WON THIS ELECTION BY A LOT" and nobody believes him.

Your recounts and certifications will find Biden has won. Given the current numbers, that is pretty definitive; a recount may slightly change them but that doesn't matter much.

That is why it's pretty safe to say, Biden is the next president, period. Kind of like it's safe to say the sun will set today and rise tomorrow. Sure, it might not, but at this point if it doesn't, we have bigger fish to fry than "the media was wrong".