Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
The Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton conceded defeat in the elections of the head of state at the request of the incumbent President Barack Obama. On Saturday, November 26, writes the Hill, referring to materials prepared for publication a book about the presidential election of 2016 in the United States.
The authors — a leading reporter in the White house Amy Parns and Jonathan Allen — argue that this information they have confirmed three people familiar with the source. According to them, the night after the election, Obama called Clinton and said: “You have to admit defeat.” The conversation took place when the former Secretary of state together with his family and closest supporters watched the results of the counting of votes in the key States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Former Secretary of state told Trump that he recognizes his defeat in the election early on the morning of November 9 after the head of its election staff John Podesta went to the supporters of the Democratic party in new York and said that team Clinton intends to wait for the results. Thus, according to the newspaper, she decided to put an end to the disputes between supporters, saying: “Just give me the phone. I’m calling him.”
According to the Hill, a number of supporters, Clinton endorsed Obama’s call, because he believed that it was necessary to wait for the official announcement of the results. One of the sources said: the difference in votes in Michigan and Wisconsin were small, it was considered likely that these States still supported Clinton, and if not for the call of the President, that likely would not rush to recognize the loss.
In the White house these statements have not yet commented on.
November 25, presidential candidate, US green Party Jill Stein filed a formal request for a recount in Wisconsin. At the headquarters of Clinton’s declared intention to support the initiative. Donald trump called the actions of Stein fraud.
The United States presidential election held on 8 November. According to recent reports, trump scored 290 electoral votes, while it should be 270, Clinton 232 votes. However, she made about 2 million voters more. The inauguration of the new President scheduled for 20 January 2017, after he officially takes office.