The Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, has said, Joe Biden will be a president who represents the best of America, that he is a leader the world will respect.
Lavishing praise on the 78-year-old US President-elect; Harris on Friday said that Biden will be a president for all Americans.
“Know that” Biden “will be a president who represents the best in us. A leader the world will respect and our children can look up to;” Harris said in a tweet.
Harris, 56, the daughter of an Indian immigrant from Chennai; has created history by becoming the first Black American woman to be elected as the country’s Vice President.
While Indian-origin politicians have been elected as heads of the state in various parts of the world in the last several decades, from Mauritius to Fiji; Harris as the vice president of the United States would be the most powerful politician ever.
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Biden, in a series of tweets, called for unity in the country.
“This is our moment — ours together — to write a newer, bolder, more compassionate chapter in the life of our nation;” Biden said in a tweet.
“Each of us has a responsibility in our own lives to do what we can to slow the virus. Every decision we make matters. Every decision we make can save a life.
“This is the moment where we need to steel our spines, redouble our efforts; and also recommit ourselves to the fight against Covid-19. Let’s remember: We are all in this together,” he said.
According to Johns Hopkins data, there are 61,585,651 Covid-19 cases as well as 14,41,875 deaths across the world.
The US has recorded more than 13 million cases and 264,000 deaths, the highest tolls registered anywhere in the world.
