乔·拜登即将成为美国第46任总统，结束了在历史性的大流行病期间针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的动荡和充满紧张的竞选。美国广播公司新闻将乔·拜登描述为他的家乡宾夕法尼亚州的明显赢家，使他超过了夺取总统职位所需的270票门槛。
这场与总统的艰苦斗争是在种族动乱和冠状病毒大流行以及选民之间激烈分歧的背景下进行的。
特朗普在选举之夜错误地宣布，当他在几个关键州领先时，他赢得了竞选，并在没有证据的情况下，在伯爵开始转向另一个方向后，声称选举是从他那里偷来的，有人犯了欺诈罪。
拜登将这次选举描绘成“为国家的灵魂而战”，他赢得了一场团结战胜分裂的信息对愤怒的同情，以及他称特朗普的“一厢情愿”为冠状病毒大流行的现实投下阴影竞选期间。
2020年的选举打破了投票记录，总计1 . 47亿张选票，超过了2016年投票的1 . 38亿人。
特拉华州庆典场景:照片
拜登结束讲话时，他的家人和他一起上台，哈里斯和她的亲戚紧随其后。
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当选总统乔·拜登在他的竞选集会上指出，在新闻媒体宣布他
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当选总统乔·拜登和他的妻子吉尔在他的竞选集会上发言后向人群挥手
拜登最后引用了一首赞美诗，“抓住了支撑我的信念”
“在竞选的最后几天，我开始思考一首对我和我的家人，尤其是我已故的儿子博来说意义重大的赞美诗。它抓住了支撑我和我相信支撑美国的信念。我希望——我希望它能给人们提供一些安慰和慰藉...今年，美国人因为这种可怕的病毒失去了亲人，”他说。
拜登引用《在鹰的翅膀上》的话说:“他会用鹰的翅膀把你托起，用黎明的气息把你托起，让你像太阳一样发光，把你捧在手心里。”。”“现在，我们一起在鹰的翅膀上，带着对美国和彼此的信任，带着对国家的热爱和对正义的渴望，踏上上帝和历史召唤我们去做的工作。让我们成为我们知道自己能够成为的国家。一个统一的国家，一个强大的国家，一个统一的国家。”
我是一个自豪的民主党人，但我会以美国总统的身份执政
拜登承诺不分裂，而是统一。
“各位，我是一个自豪的民主党人，但我将作为美国总统执政。我会像那些投票给我的人一样努力为那些没有投票给我的人工作。让这个在美国被妖魔化的残酷时代从此时此地开始结束吧，”他对着欢呼声、掌声和汽车喇叭声说道。
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当选总统乔·拜登在德尔威尔明顿发表讲话。，2020年11月7日。
“民主党人和共和党人拒绝相互合作，这不是我们无法控制的某种神秘力量。这是个决定。我们做出的选择。如果我们可以决定不合作，那么我们可以决定合作。我相信这是美国人民赋予我们的使命的一部分。
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2020年11月7日，当选总统乔·拜登在德尔威尔明顿的大通中心向全国发表讲话。
“美国一直是由转折点塑造的，是由我们对自己是谁、想成为什么做出艰难决定的时刻塑造的。林肯于1860年前来拯救联邦。罗斯福在1932年向一个被围困的国家承诺新政。JFK在1960年承诺开辟一个新的领域，12年前，当巴拉克·奥巴马创造历史时，他告诉我们‘是的，我们可以’，”他补充说。“伙计们，我们正处于一个转折点。我们有机会战胜绝望，建设一个繁荣和有目标的国家。我们能做到。我知道我们可以。”
拜登随后回到了他用来开始竞选的信息上。
“我一直在谈论美国灵魂之战。我们必须恢复美国的灵魂。我们的国家是由我们更好的天使和我们最黑暗的冲动之间的不断斗争塑造的。总统在这场战斗中说什么很重要。是时候让我们更好的天使获胜了，”他说。“今晚，全世界都在注视着美国。我相信，在我们最好的情况下，美国是全球的灯塔。”
拜登承诺从周一开始组建COVID团队
拜登不失时机地做出了当选总统后的第一个承诺，称他将组建一个团队，在周一击败新冠肺炎。他说，将在1月20日，也就是他就职的那天，开始实施这项计划。
他说:“周一，我将任命一组领先的科学家和专家作为过渡顾问，帮助实施拜登-哈里斯COVID计划，并将其转化为将于2021年1月20日开始的行动蓝图。”"那个计划将建立在基础科学的基础上。"
在竞选过程中，拜登经常展示他对美国的不同态度冠状病毒大流行以及唐纳德·特朗普总统经常与科学对抗的前后矛盾的方法。美国在过去三天里每年都创下大多数病例的记录，每次超过10万例。
拜登说:“伙计们，我们的工作从控制COVID开始。”“我们无法修复经济、恢复活力或享受生命中最珍贵的时刻，拥抱我们的孙子、我们的孩子、我们的生日、婚礼、毕业典礼，所有对我们来说最重要的时刻，直到我们控制住它。”
Joe Biden set to become next president: Election 2020 live updates
Joe Bidenis set to become the 46th president of the United States, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump. ABC News characterized Joe Biden as the apparent winner of his home state of Pennsylvania, putting him over the 270 vote threshold needed to capture the presidency.
The hard-fought battle against the president was set against the backdrop of racial unrest and the coronavirus pandemic and bitter divisions among the electorate.
Trump had falsely declared on election night, when he held a lead in several key states, that he won the contest and alleged without evidence, after the count started to swing the other way, that the election was being stolen from him and that fraud had been committed.
Painting the election as a "battle for the soul of the nation," Biden won on amessage of unity over division, compassion over anger, and reality over what he called Trump's "wishful thinking" as the coronavirus pandemiccast a heavy shadowover the campaign.
The 2020 election hasshattered voting records with votes totalling 147 million and counting,surpassing the 138 million who voted in 2016.
Scenes from the celebration in Delaware: PHOTOS
When Biden concluded his remarks, his family joined him on stage, followed by Harris and her relatives.
Biden concludes quoting hymn that 'captures the faith that sustains me'
"In the last days of the campaign, I began thinking about a hymn that means a lot to me and my family, particularly my deceased son, Beau. It captures the faith that sustains me and which I believe sustains America. And I hope -- and I hope it can provide some comfort and solace to the ... Americans who have lost a loved one through this terrible virus this year," he said.
"'And he will raise you up on eagles' wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, and make you to shine like the sun and hold you in the palm of his hand,'" Biden said, quoting "On Eagles Wings." "And now together on eagles' wings, we embark on the work that God and history have called us to do with full hearts and steady hands, with faith in America and in each other, with love of country, a thirst for justice. Let us be the nation that we know we can be. A nation united, a nation strengthened, a nation healed."
'I'm a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president'
Biden promised not to divide, but to unify.
"Folks, I’m a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president.I'll work as hard for those who didn't vote for me as those who did. Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end here and now," he said to cheers, applause and car horn honks.
"The refusal of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate with one another, it’s not some mysterious force beyond our control.It's a decision. A choice we make. And if we can decide not to cooperate, then we can decide to cooperate. And I believe that this is part of the mandate given to us from the American people," he continued.
"America has always been shaped by inflection points, by moments in time where we've made hard decisions about who we are and what we want to be. Lincoln in 1860 coming to save the union. FDR in 1932 promising a beleaguered country a new deal. JFK in 1960 pledging a new frontier, and 12 years ago, when Barack Obama made history, he told us 'yes, we can,'" he added. "Well folks, we stand at an inflection point. We have an opportunity to defeat despair, to build a nation of prosperity and purpose. We can do it. I know we can."
Biden then returned to the message he used to kick off his campaign.
"I've long talked about the battle for the soul of America. We must restore the soul of America. Our nation is shaped by the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest impulses. And what presidents say in this battle matters. It's time for our better angels to prevail," he said. "Tonight, the whole world is watching America. And I believe at our best, America is a beacon for the globe."
Biden promises to form COVID team starting Monday
Biden wasted no time in making his first promise as president-elect, saying he would form a team to work on defeating COVID-19 on Monday. He said it would begin to implement its plan on Jan. 20, the day of his inauguration.
"On Monday I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisors to help take the Biden-Harris COVID plan and convert it into an action blueprint that will start on January the 20, 2021," he said. "That plan will be built on bedrock science."
While on the campaign trail, Biden often set out to show the difference between his approach to thecoronavirus pandemicand President Donald Trump's inconsistent approach that often antagonized science. The U.S. set records for most cases each of the last three days, crossing 100,000 cases each time.
"Folks, our work begins with getting COVID under control," Biden said. "We cannot repair the economy, restore our vitality or relish life's most precious moments, hugging our grandchildren, our children, our birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to us until we get it under control."
