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Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, released a statement to congratulate the projected new administration.

"We are proud of their well-run campaign and look forward to seeing the positive change they bring to our nation," the statement says.

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Foreign leaders across the world have already started tweeting congratulatory messages to the projected new administration.

Italy Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said he is ready to continue working on the two countries' "deep and historical roots."

Californians rejoiced at the news Saturday that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump to secure the presidency. In a history-making turn, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris became the first woman, the first Black person and the first Asian American to win the seat.

In the hills of Echo Park, people cheered and whistled from their homes, banged drums, honked their car horns and set off thundering fireworks. Similar scenes played out in Silver Lake and Glendale, with pot clanging and whoops echoing from balconies and windows.

In Koreatown, cheers broke out amid the quiet morning as people saw the news.

“Hey, Biden won! Woo, go Biden!” one woman yelled.

The Americans have appointed their President. Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris! We have a lot to do to meet the challenges of today. Let's act together!

Rudy Giuliani said at a press conference shortly after Joe Biden was projected to become the 46th president of the United States that President Trump will not concede the election. "Obviously he's not going to concede when at least 600,000 ballots are in question," Giuliani said in Philadelphia on Saturday.


The president's personal attorney claimed without evidence that ballots were tampered with in Pennsylvania, the state that gave Biden the crucial Electoral College votes necessary to win the White House. He was joined by three poll watchers who claimed they were prevented from adequately monitoring the ballot counting process.

Giuliani said he has statements from 25 watchers, and has spoken to a total of 50 with similar stories. "I could have brought about 50 with me," Giuliani said, but he said he did not because "50 is too many," and some were afraid of retribution.

According to Giuliani, the Trump campaign plans to file several federal lawsuits alleging the "uniform deprivation of the right to inspect" ballots. He accused the "Democratic machine in Philadelphia" of tampering with counting, and " (keeping) the votes of dead people secret," among other baseless accusations.