The cities of New York and Washington DC showed their euphoria this Saturday at the victory of Democrat Joe Biden over President Donald Trump in the presidential elections from the windows, with the horns of the cars and launching into the streets to celebrate the one that would represent the end of four years of the Republican presidency.
Shortly before 11:30 local time (16:30 GMT), while some were still eating breakfast, the city that never sleeps celebrated with shouts, cacerolas, horns and crowds in the streets the victory after more than three days of scrutiny the victory of Biden, which project and to all the major media in the country.
In a building in downtown Manhattan, as soon as the outcome that ends Trump’s presidency was known, the revelry broke out and the neighbors have been joining in when they realized the news.
In the central Times Square, hundreds of people gathered to shout and celebrate Biden’s victory with the projection that he will win the 20 votes of the Pennsylvania State Electoral College and therefore exceed the 270 electoral votes he needed to confirm his new status. President-elect.
The euphoria was oriented both to Biden’s victory and to the fact that Trump, if everything goes as the electoral process marks, will cease to be president of the United States on January 20, 2021.
The people, who in many cases have been demonstrating against Trump for months, their resistance to criticizing far-rightists, to addressing the need for social justice and fighting racism, against their denial of the Covid-19 pandemic or against their intention not to Recognizing the result of the elections, he broke days of waiting with dances, songs in a catharsis that marks a before and after in a very difficult year 2020 for the city.
As for the US capital, with a Democratic majority, it lives overturned in politics, so the minute after the end of Donald Trump’s Presidency was known, its citizens took to the streets.
In the plaza of Columbia Heights, a neighborhood with a strong Latino presence, passersby gathered to clap and dance under a splendid fall day.
“We already have a new president,” shouted a young Honduran, who did not want to give his name, as he spoke with his family in Central America on the phone. While across the street, a woman excitedly waved the American flag before the cars that responded with honks and arms raised.
The city was overflowed with the emotion contained during the electoral campaign and, above all, the last four days in which the country held its breath at the tight result.
In the vicinity of the White House, which is heavily fenced, a river of people and cars was already gathering, according to Efe, to continue the celebration.
However, its current tenant, Donald Trump, is not inside since he took advantage of the day on Saturday to practice his favorite sport, golf, at his private club in Sterling (Virginia) on the outskirts of the capital.
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