US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates: ‘Time to put away harsh rhetoric’, says Joe Biden in address to nation

Joe Biden is now the president elect, Sen Kamala.D is now set to become the highest woman the nation’s 244-year existence. In a victory speech on Saturday night, Biden called it “a time to heal in America” and said, “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify, who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees the United States.”

Harris praised Biden as “a healer, a uniter, a tested and steady hand” and spoke of what her win represented, saying, “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.”

Supporters

Biden supporters came together to celebrate in cities throughout the country, while in state capitals from Phoenix to Austin, Trump supporters were gathering at protests over vote counts, planned before Biden’s victory was announced. Trump and his team have vowed to fight the results in court, and the president has baselessly called into question the integrity of legally cast votes since news organizations made their call.

While speaking to supporters in Wilmington, Del. for the first time as president-elect, Biden invoked Trump’s name one time during the speech, using the moment to offer his opponent’s supporters a political olive branch.

“All those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple of times myself,” he said, referring to his previous runs for the office.

“But now let’s give each other a chance,” he said.

Biden has sought to be a foil to Trump’s divisive messaging, telling the audience Saturday that his administration would not be as alienating to those with different political beliefs.

“It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric,” he said, “lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress.”

Biden has repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he was running as a Democratic candidate but would be “an American president.”

He echoed that sentiment again, talking about Trump supporters: “We have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They’re Americans.”

Harris wears ‘suffragette white’ pantsuit

For her historic remarks as the first woman elected vice president, Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) wore white — an enduring symbol of the suffrage movement that won women the right to vote a century ago.

As soon as Harris walked onstage to “Work That” by Mary J. Blige, viewers immediately noticed her pearl-colored pantsuit paired with a glossy top and American flag lapel pin.

“White, once the color of women’s purity, now the color of female power,” tweeted New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor.

Women have dressed in white before as an emblem of history: During President Trump’s State of the Union address last year, many of the female lawmakers wore white.

Saturday night, Harris spoke about being a first among women; a daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, she is now the highest-ranking woman in politics in the nation’s history.

“While I might be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last,” Harris said, “because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”

Biden addressed the country Saturday night for the first time as president-elect of the United States, after succeeding in his decades-long quest to win the White House.

Around 8:40 p.m., Biden jogged onto the stage outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. And peered out onto the raucous parking lot, where people cheered, waved American flags and honked their car horns.

“Folks, the people of this nation have spoken. They’ve delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory, a victory for we, the people,” Biden said.

He spent a good portion of the beginning of his speech shouting out his family. Especially his wife, Jill Biden. He also thanked local elected officials and volunteers who worked the polls in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

“You deserve a special thanks from the entire nation,” Biden said.

Biden was proud, he added, of the coalition he had built on the way. To his win, one that included “Democrats, Republicans, independents, progressives, moderates, conservatives. Young, old, urban, suburban, rural, gay, straight, transgender, White, Latino, Asian, Native American.” But he reserved his final and deepest thanks to the African American community who “especially in those moments when this campaign was at its lowest ebb . . . stood up again for me.”

Biden said he would govern as a president for all Americans and extended a hand to those who had supported Trump.

“I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple of times myself,” Biden said, nodding to his two previous failed presidential runs. “Now let’s give each other a chance. It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature. See each other again. Listen to each other again. And to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They’re Americans.”

Biden closed by saying he would announce on Monday a group of scientists and experts as transition advisers. Who would help him tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Without that, he said, the country could not repair the economy.

He also spoke about what he believed his administration’s mandate to be.

“America called upon us to marshal the forces of decency, the forces of fairness, to marshal the forces of science and the forces of hope in the great battles of our time: the battle. To control the virus, the battle to build prosperity, the battle to secure your family’s health care,” Biden said. “The battle to achieve racial justice and root. Out systemic racism in this country, the battle to save our planet by getting climate under control, the battle to restore decency, defend democracy and give everybody in this country a fair shot.”

Americans react to Kamala Harris’s historic victory

Rep. Barbara Lee began her political career on the presidential campaign of the first Black woman to run for president, Shirley Chisholm, serving as one of Chisholm’s delegates to the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

Nearly 50 years later, Lee (D-Calif.) watched as Kamala D. Harris name-dropped Chisholm at nearly every rally as a candidate for president and, later, the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee. On Saturday, Lee celebrated as she learned that Harris is now the first woman elected vice president of the United States.

“I have been waiting and working for this moment. Shirley Chisholm paved the way for so many of us, including myself,” said Lee, who represents Harris’s hometown of Oakland. “She knew what the challenges were then in terms of racism, in terms of sexism. And also that we had to keep fighting, that this was a marathon. But sooner or later, the country would know what we knew about Black women.”

For many, Harris’s victory was as much a celebration of that marathon. As it was of Harris herself — of those who came before as the one arriving now. Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, made such an acknowledgment at nearly every campaign stop she made.

Biden’s Victory good or bad news for India??

Many Indians believe that another term for incumbent president Donald Trump would have been. Better for India as many see him as a close friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
But Indians should not worry much over Biden’s election as the new president of the US as he will. Be as good for India as Trump and the regime change in the US. Will nor affect the strong relations between New Delhi and Washington. Some experts however, maintain that Biden’s appointment may. Change a few things for India which may not come as good news for us.
Their is no denying the fact that Trump backed India to the hilt during the ongoing border tension with China. But it is likely that 77-year-old Biden may try to bring New Delhi and Beijing. To the negotiation table and may not openly support India like Trump. But one thing is clear that like Trump, Biden too will not put pressure. On China to stop its aggressive stance against its neighbours.
It may be recalled that Biden has expressed disapproval of the Citizenship Amendment Act. And the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and vice-presidential. Nominee Kamala Harris’ words on the abrogation of Article 370 is also something which India cannot forget. “We have to remind the Kashmiris that they are not alone in the world. We are keeping a track on the situation. There is a need to intervene if the situation demands,” she had said. Experts, however, maintain that Biden may prefer not to raise these issues after taking charge as president.
On the other hand, it is widely claimed that Pakistan. Is happy to know that Biden is on course to take oath. As the new president of the US. Biden is an old diplomat. And has had cordial relations with Pakistan and that is the reason why Pakistan is rooting for him.
In 2008, Pakistan had conferred Biden with the second highest civilian honor, ‘Hilal-e-Pakistan’. Joe Biden and Senator Richard Lugar were beind the proposal to bring $ 1.5 billion non-military aid to Pakistan. Lugar too was awarded the ‘Hilal-e-Pakistan’.
Pakistani analysts feel that Biden as president will return the old era of diplomacy between the two countries.