Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” went to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
The magazine’s write-up of the decision outlines Biden’s historical selection of Harris and the challenges that lie ahead for the United States and the duo. In the article, Harris discussed how Biden asked her to be his running mate for the 2020 Presidential Election.
“Immediately he said, ‘So, you want to do this?'” Harris said. “That’s who Joe is. There’s no pomp and circumstance with him. He’s a straight shooter.”
When Time spoke to Biden, he remained adamant about uniting and healing the country after four years of President Trump.
“I was able to, against advice from a lot of people, do the things that I was told were gonna hurt me politically,” Biden told the magazine. “But I would argue that it turned out that that’s what the American people were looking for: they’re looking for some honesty, decency, respect, unity.” Time had nailed their decision for their “Person of the Year” down to four candidates: Biden and Harris, Anthony Fauci and frontline health care workers, Trump, and the movement for racial justice before going with Biden and Harris.
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