On CNN shortly after the news broke, Van Jones tearfully reflected on the news.
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After four days of anxious waiting for the outcome of the US election, Joe Biden was declared president-elect on Saturday when he won the key state on the battlefield: Pennsylvania. Among the many moments that captured the excitement of a nation, CNN host Anthony Kapel “Van” Jones was caught on camera, crying live when the news broke.
A tearful Van Jones, live on air, pondered the news, his voice cracking. “It’s easier to be a parent this morning, it’s easier to be a parent, it’s easier to tell kids that character matters,” he wrote on Twitter, sharing the clip of his reaction on live TV.
Today is a good day.
It’s easier to be a father this morning.
The character MATTERS.
Being a good person MATTERS.
This is a big problem.It’s easy to do it cheaply and get away with it, but it all comes back.
Today is a good day.#PresidentBiden#VotersDecidedpic.twitter.com/h8YgZK4nmk
– Van Jones (@ VanJones68) November 7, 2020
“This is a vindication for many people who have really suffered. ‘I can’t breathe. That wasn’t just George Floyd. There were many people who felt like they couldn’t breathe. “
“This is very important,” he continued, “so that we can have some peace and have a chance to restart.”
He ended by celebrating the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: “I want my kids to see this. It’s easy to do it the deceptive way and get away with it, but come back. This is a good day for this country. I’m sorry for the people who they lost, because of them, it’s not a good day, but for most, it’s a good day.
US President-elect Joe Biden vowed Saturday to unite Americans and seek to heal divisions after what he called a “convincing” victory over Donald Trump.
“This is America’s time to heal,” an exuberant Biden told supporters at an outdoor rally in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
“I promise to be a president who seeks not to divide but to unify,” said Biden, in stark contrast to Trump’s nearly four years of polarization.
The 77-year-old Biden will be the oldest president-elect in American history and the first to topple a sitting commander-in-chief after a stint since Bill Clinton defeated George HW Bush in 1992.
Biden’s running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, is the first black and Native American woman to serve as vice president.
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