In his first speech as election winner, Joe Biden took the opportunity to call for unity among Americans, said he will seek to unite and not divide. He even asked Donald Trump’s supporters for an opportunity to work for America’s sake.
From Wilmington, Delaware, Biden said he won with a clear and convincing victory.
For her part, the next vice president Kamala Harris said that with Biden’s victor “a new day was opened for the United States.”
These are some of the most prominent phrases from the speeches of the next president and his vice president, the first woman in office.
Joe Biden, us next president:
“The people have given us a clear, convincing victory, we won by the most votes in history, 74 million.”
“What surprised me tonight is seeing in every part of the country and the world a huge taste, joy, for the new day. I promise to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify, not red or blue states, but America, I will work to earn the trust of the whole people.”
“Our work begins by putting COVID under control, we cannot restore the economy, our vitality or return to those precious moments, until we have this under control.”
“On Monday I will establish a group of leading scientists and experts as advisors to work on a plan that will take effect on January 20, 2021.”
“I understand your disappointment (of Trump’s supporters) tonight, but let’s give ourselves a chance. You have to lower the hard rhetoric, it’s time to look at us, to listen to us again and to listen you have to stop treating the contrary as an enemy, they are Americans. This is the time to heal in america.”
“America is about the people and that is what America will be about, I will take over to rebuild the backbone of this nation and to be respected again in the world.”
“It is an honor that so many millions of Americans voted for this mission, it is the task of our lives.”
Kamala Harris, next vice president:
“I know the times have been challenging. Especially the last few months. Pain, sadness and pain, worries and struggles, but we have also witnessed his courage, his endurance and the generosity of his spirit. For four years, you marched and organized for equality and justice, for our lives and for our planet and then voted. And they gave a clear message.
“They have chosen hope and unity, decency, science and certainly also truth. They elected Joe Biden as the next president of the United States.”
“When our democracy was put to the vote in this election, with America’s soul at stake as the world watched, a new day opened for America.”
“While I may be the first woman in the White House, I won’t be the last. Because every little girl watching this moment will realize that this is a country of opportunity. And for the people of this country, we’ve sent them a great message. Dream with ambition. Lead with conviction. And see in ways that others don’t see them, simply because they haven’t seen it before. But know that we will applaud you every moment along the way.”
“I may be the first woman in the White House, but I won’t be the last”: @KamalaHarris’s highlight in her first speech as US elected vice president. pic.twitter.com/dfYb29D5T8
— Political Animal (@Pajaropolitico) November 8, 2020
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