My conclusive takeaway from OKC: these are some of the nicest people I've ever met. I lost my phone at the airport and about 20 different people came to help me, felt like a different planet
Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections. We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.
"One senior White House official recalls entering the Oval Office on a hot summer day to brief the president, only to see Biden missing and his jacket draped over his chair behind the Resolute Desk.
A few minutes later, a sweat-soaked Biden stepped back inside and apologized for being late. He had gone out to the South Lawn to thank the gardeners working that day.
“His sleeves were rolled up and his tie was undone,” the official recalled. “He came in looking like s--- and sweating like a pig, but he wanted to go out there and thank those guys. That’s the Joe Biden I know.”
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