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The Moment Fox News Called the Election For Joe Biden

  • While their decision desk had been the most aggressive of the major news outlets ealier in the week, Fox News was the last to declare Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election.

    The network waited sixteen minutes after CNN first called the race. (ABC, CBS and NBC followed suit within minutes.)

    At 11:40 AM ET, Bret Baier, seated alongside Martha MacCallum, made the announcement: "The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that former Vice President will win Pensylvania and Nevada, putting him over the 270 electoral votes he needs to become the 46th President of the United States."

    Jed Rosenzweig is the Founder and Publisher of Primetimer. 

    TOPICS: 2020 Presidential Election, CNN, Fox News Channel, Bret Baier, Joe Biden, Martha MacCallum