President-elect Joe Biden

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

It’s now clear that Donald Trump will lose the Electoral College, that archaic system established in the Constitution, by an ample margin to Joe Biden. He’s also lost the popular vote by roughly 4 million votes in the latest tally. The historic win for Joe Biden, who has earned more Americans’ support than any previous presidential candidate, happened through a credible process carried out diligently by election officials across the 50 states, red and blue.

In the meantime, his failure to concede will take a toll on the American psyche. Contrary to the president’s torrent of lies and propaganda from Thursday night, the slow counts in several key states were by the book.