Biden addresses nation following Electoral College win: 'If anyone didn't know it before, we know it now'

President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation following the Electoral College vote on Monday that confirmed his victory over President Trump in the November election.

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JOE BIDEN: It should be celebrated, not attacked. More than 81 million of those votes were cast for me and Vice President-elect Harris. That, too, is a record, more than any ticket has received in the history of America. It represents a winning margin of more than 7 million votes over the number of votes cast for my opponent.

Together, Vice President-elect Harris and I earned 306 electoral votes, well exceeding the 270 electoral votes needed to secure victory. 306 electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes that Donald Trump and Vice President Pence received when they won in 2016. Excuse me.

At the time, President Trump called the electoral college tally a landslide. By his own standards, these numbers represent a clear victory then, and I respectfully suggest they do so now.

If anyone didn't know before, they know now. What beats deep in the hearts of the American people is this-- democracy, the right to be heard, to have your vote counted, to choose leaders of this nation to govern ourselves. In America, politicians don't take power. People grant power to them.