Parties and protests erupted across the country Saturday as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were projected to win the 2020 election.
In New York, residents banged pots and pans out of windows, honked horns and rallied on street corners.
I’ve lived in NYC my whole life and I’ve never seen anything like this pic.twitter.com/KVZakF7F5n
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) November 7, 2020
In Philadelphia, crowds of Biden supporters celebrated outside City Hall.
City hall Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/9OkAB2QvO2
— Tariq Thachil (@tariqthachil) November 7, 2020
“(Biden’s win) was just a release from stress, to know that the country would get back to civility and decency,” Sherry Viggs told CNN.
In Chicago, crowds were seen popping bottles of champagne and singing Queen’s “We Are The Champions.”
If you look REALLY closely, you can see people standing on the balcony of Chicago’s Trump Hotel & Tower — watching #BidenHarris supporters dance outside to “We are the Champions” @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/kl0bYYomOQ
— Marissa Parra (@MarParNews) November 7, 2020
Hundreds of Biden supporters met at Freedom Tower in Miami to celebrate, CNN reported.
In Georgia, a group supporting President Donald Trump as part of the national “Stop the Steal” rallies in many cities across the country, WSB-TV reported.
Biden supporters celebrated in Freedom Park with a performance of the “Electric Slide.”
Dancing “the electric slide” in Freedom Park #Election2020 @gpbnews pic.twitter.com/WL1pbjM4om
— Ellen Eldridge (@EllenEldridge27) November 7, 2020
In Colorado, police stood between groups of supporters for Biden and Trump, the Colorado Sun reported.
Tensions are escalating at the Capitol, with a wall of police standing between #Trump and #BidenHarris supporters. pic.twitter.com/Zdd5NUxvh3
— Erica Breunlin ☀️ (@EricaBreunlin) November 7, 2020
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