October 24, 2020, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden
speaks at a drive-in rally on the Bucks County Community College’s
Lower Bucks campus in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Angela WEISS /
AFP
Democrat Joe Biden on Saturday pledged to be a
“president for all Americans,” after US networks projected he has
defeated Republican incumbent Donald Trump in their bitterly
contested election.
“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,” the 77-year-old former vice president said in a tweet.
“With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the
harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation,” he said in
a separate statement.
“It’s time for America to unite. And to heal.”
America, I’m honored that you have chosen me
to lead our great country.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
The result of Tuesday’s election had been on a razor’s edge for
days as a handful of battleground states including Pennsylvania,
Georgia, Arizona and Nevada remained uncalled.
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But with all major US networks projecting that Biden won
Pennsylvania, the Democrat now stands at 273 electoral votes,
beyond the magic majority number of 270 needed in the Electoral
College that determines the president.
“We did it. We did it Joe,” his running
mate Kamala Harris — set to become the first woman vice
president — told Biden in a phone call, according to a short video
clip she posted to Twitter.
“You’re going to be the next president of the United
States.”
Harris, a US senator whose historic win means she also becomes
the first woman of color and first Asian-American in the position,
also said in a separate tweet that the election is “about so much
more than @JoeBiden or me. It’s about the soul of America and our
willingness to fight for it,”
We did it, @JoeBiden.
pic.twitter.com/oCgeylsjB4— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020
“We have a lot of work ahead of us. Let’s get started,” the
56-year-old said.
Residents of the US capital Washington were seen flooding into
the streets in celebration, while Democratic lawmakers including
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered their congratulations and spoke
of “a new day” in America after four tumultuous years of Trump.
AFP
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