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The entertainment world is reacting to the news that Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th President of the United States.
A victory in the state of Pennsylvania gave Biden the 270 electoral college votes he needed to take the White House.
After votes continued to be counted since election night on Tuesday (November 3), the 20 electoral college votes in Pennsylvania finally took Biden over the required number of votes, and he was called as the next President by a number of media organisations.
“You just gave the world one of the greatest acts of kindness and bravery humanity has ever seen,” Lady Gaga wrote in a tweet directed to Biden, his running mate Kamala Harris and “the American people”.
“Nothing but love for our new Commander in Chief and the 1ST female VP elected to the White House,” she added. Gaga performed at a Biden rally in Pennsylvania earlier this week.
. @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris and the American people, you just gave the world one of the greatest acts of kindness and bravery humanity has ever seen.
nothing but love for our new Commander in Chief and the 1ST female VP elected to the White House. Also, way to go PA
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 7, 2020
“You saved 2020,” Glass Animals added. “so proud of you, america. well done sleepy joe.” The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas also shared a video of him dancing after discovering the election result.
so proud of you, america
you saved 2020.
well done sleepy joe
— Glass Animals (@GlassAnimals) November 7, 2020
Yungblud shared a video of himself dancing in the street and ripping his shirt off, captioning the post: “HE FUCKIN DID IT! WE FUCKIN DID IT! if you fight with your voice and your words, with passion and truth. we will always win. i love you all ! A GOOD DAY.”
#bidenharris2020Ariana Grande, meanwhile, shared a photo of Biden and Harris on her Instagram page, with a series of exclamation marks.
Elsewhere, the likes of Slowthai, Stephen King, Reese Witherspoon and more also shared their joy at the result. Blur’s Graham Coxon directed his praise to Harris, writing: “I am massively pleased for @KamalaHarris – makes it so much even more better!!”
I am massively pleased for @KamalaHarris – makes it so much even more better!!
— graham coxon (@grahamcoxon) November 7, 2020
BYE BYE DONALD!
— TYRON (@slowthai) November 7, 2020
AJ Tracey and Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, meanwhile, toasted the result while turning their attention to the UK government.
“BORIS GOTTA GO NEXT,” the rapper wrote, while Kapranos added: “I particularly love how this fucks up the plans of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and all the other Brexit cunts.”
BORIS GOTTA GO NEXT !
https://t.co/NNe1Q0bIqa
— aj (@ajtracey) November 7, 2020
I particularly love how this fucks up the plans of @BorisJohnson, @michaelgove and all the other Brexit cunts.
— Αλεξ Καπράνος (@alkapranos) November 7, 2020
Since election night, Donald Trump has continued to voice his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, accusing the Democrats of voting “shenanigans” during a White House press conference yesterday.
Speaking last night, Trump alleged that he would be “easily winning” if only the “legal votes” were counted from Tuesday’s election. “If you count the legal votes, I easily win,” he claimed. “If you count the illegal votes they can try to steal the election from us.”
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