“The election results at every level show that the country remains deeply and bitterly divided,” Obama said.
The former President asked every American to “give him a chance and lend him your support.” “I know he’ll do the job with the best interests of every American at heart, whether or not he had their vote.”
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“When he walks into the White House in January, he’ll face a series of extraordinary challenges no incoming President ever has – a raging pandemic, an unequal economy and justice system, a democracy at risk, and a climate in peril,” Obama wrote.
His election will end Trump’s tumultuous hold on Washington and condemn the Republican, who has had a lifelong obsession with winning, to the ranks of chief executives who lost after a single term.įormer President Barack Obama released a statement that served as testimonial to the character of his former vice president and asked Americans to set aside their political differences and give him a chance. Biden, who turns 78 at the end of this month, will become the oldest president when he is inaugurated in January amid the worst public health emergency in 100 years, the deepest economic slump since the 1930s and a national reckoning on racism and police brutality that is still unresolved. While en route to his course in Virginia, he tweeted: “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”īut Biden supporters – whose face masks reflected the extraordinary circumstances of a pandemic-era election poured into the streets across the country in a moment of catharsis to celebrate the President-elect’s victory.Īfter four years of Trump’s incessant lies, bullying and vilification of his political opponents, the former vice president said he was running to restore the character of the nation and bring dignity back to the White House. Trump, who was on the golf course when CNN and other networks called the race for the former vice president, has shown no indication that he intends to concede. Kamala Harris raise their arms up as fireworks go off in the background during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, August 20, 2020. You’re going to be the next President of the United States.”įormer Vice President Joe Biden and with Democratic running mate Sen. “While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities,” Harris said.Įarlier in the day, the vice president-elect posted a video on Twitter of her victory call with Biden: “We did it, we did it Joe. Kamala Harris, his running mate, who will make history as the first woman, the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent to become vice president, noted the significance of her place on the stage Saturday night. “This is the time to heal in America.”Ĭalifornia Sen. But now, let’s give each other a chance,” Biden said. “I understand the disappointment tonight. In a victory speech Saturday night in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Biden said he was humbled by the trust America had placed in him and reached out to those Americans who did not vote for him. America has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, CNN projects, turning at a time of national crisis to a man whose character was forged by aching personal tragedy and who is pledging to restore calm and truth after Donald Trump’s exhausting and manic single term.
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