Barack Obama has congratulated Joe Biden on winning US presidential election. The retired President thanked everyone for the support and patience they have had.
Biden was declared winner after the results in Pennsylvania were called in, taking the state’s 20 electoral votes that saw him push his tally past the 270 threshold needed to be President.
In a statement released on Twitter, Obama said Biden will face a series of extraordinary challenges like raging Covid-19 pandemic, unequal economy and justice system, a democracy at risk and a climate in peril.
“We’re fortunate that Joe’s got what it takes to be President and already carries himself that way. Because 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. I know he’ll do the job with the best interests of every American at heart, whether or not he had their vote,” wrote Obama.
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The retired President further urged Americans to support Biden at every level and also to lower the political temperature in the country.
“So I encourage every American to give him a chance and lend him your support. The election results at every level show that the country remains deeply and bitterly divided. It will be up to not just Joe and Kamala, but each of us, to do our part – to reach our beyond our comfort zone, to listen to others, to lower the temperature and find some common ground from which to move forward, all of us remembering that we are one nation, under God,” wrote Obama.
Obama also thanked all those who had got involved in the campaign and told them to ‘enjoy the moment’ and to ‘stay engaged.’
Congratulations to my friends, @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris — our next President and Vice President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/febgqxUi1y
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2020
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