WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden urged calm and "a little patience" during the extended vote tally on Thursday, but reasserted his confidence that he would win the presidential election.
Speaking at a theater in Wilmington, Biden said he spent the day receiving briefings from public health experts about the COVID-19 pandemic.
But he soon pivoted to the prolonged wait for a verdict on Tuesday's election.
"Each ballot must be counted," he said. "That's what we're going to see going through now ... Democracy is sometimes messy. It sometimes requires a little patience as well."
Meanwhile, his opponent, President Donald Trump was tweeting in all caps and calling for officials to "STOP THE COUNT."
Biden, who is on the cusp of clinching the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the presidency, maintained his upbeat tone from Wednesday in his remarks Thursday with running mate Sen. Kamala Harris at his side.
"We continue to feel — the senator and I — we continue to feel very good about where things stand," he said. "We have no doubt that when the count is finished, Sen. Harris and I will be declared the winner."
He closed with an endorsement of the integrity of the vote tally.
"The process is working," Biden said. "The count is being completed and we'll know very soon."
