Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
Said by Rep. Joe Neguse, Checked Updated
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On with Kara SwisherAug 10, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources (AP, Reuters, FEC official results) confirm Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232 and about 81.3 million popular votes. The extracted claim matches the passage's assertion, which the post made as its own content; the claimant's dispute over 'certified' does not change the core assertion.
What was said
… This is sort of the Kamala Harris on The View question. What's he doing bad for California? I don't, I mean, look, the biggest one, I don't know if you'd call it a policy question, but I certainly have said very clearly, but, you know, on the 2020 election, for example, Biden won the election. I mean, that's something where I definitely, you know, he has a different view. We'll note that you didn't say certified. Thank you, because I would have slapped you. Okay, I can feel the exactly. So Biden won the election. …
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Supports. The Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as president-elect 306 to 232 on December 15, 2020, ratifying his November victory, per AP.[1]
Supports. The FEC official federal election results report Biden with 81,283,501 popular votes (51.31%) and 306 electoral votes.[3]
Supports. Reuters and NYT results both show Biden winning the presidency with 306 electoral votes, and NPR and CNN reported his victory after Pennsylvania was called.[2][4][5][6]
Context. Trump made unsupported fraud claims and refused to concede, but no source finds that the outcome changed; the Electoral College and Congress confirmed the result.[1][5]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 3 tier 2
- 1Electoral College makes it official: Biden won, Trump lostapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2U.S. 2020 live election resultsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Federal Elections 2020: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representativesfec.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Presidential Election Results 2020: Biden Winsnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Biden Wins: 2020 Presidential Election Resultsnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 6Biden defeats Trump in an election he made about character of the nation and the President | CNN Politicscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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