Joe Biden wins Pennsylvania, will be the 46th President of the United States

Even though most of us of have known for days that Joe Biden is the next President of the United States, the official call was delayed by most media outlets for various reasons, mostly mathematical reasons about the percentage of vote won by Mr. Joe Biden in various states. Well, Pennsylvania released a new batch of numbers this morning and those votes earned the Biden-Harris ticket the required threshold. Media outlets suddenly declared that Joe Biden had won Pennsylvania, and with that, the presidency.

President-Elect Biden will be the 46th president of the United States. Vice-President Kamala Harris is the first woman to even WIN on a national ticket, and she will be the highest-ranking woman in national office in our nation’s history. She’s also the first Black woman and the first Indian-American woman to serve as VP. It’s truly remarkable and I’m tearing up at the thought of what this means to those two communities.

After the call was made, President-Elect Biden made a brief statement:

With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation. It’s time for America to unite. And to heal. We are the United States of America. And there’s nothing we can’t do, if we do it together.”

[From The NY Times]

Ten months ago, I wasn’t jazzed about Biden’s candidacy, but as 2020 really destroyed what was left of our collective sanity, Biden’s candidacy grew on me so much. Every day, we saw the cruelty, the childishness, the fascism of the Trump administration, and it made Joe’s kindness, his decency, his civility and his humility in the face of unspeakable tragedy stand out all the more. I’m so happy and I’m so proud of the 75 million-plus Americans who voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

President-Elect Biden will address the country later tonight, and I’m sure there will be so many parties and dancing and drinking. Wear a mask!

The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.

I will keep the faith that you have placed in me. pic.twitter.com/moA9qhmjn8

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 7, 2020

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020

— Doug Emhoff (@DouglasEmhoff) November 7, 2020

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