Americans Celebrate the end of Tyranny! Trump Impeached and Defeated. Horns blared, fireworks exploded and shouts of joy filled the air as supporters of Joe Biden and Kamala D. Harris spilled into the streets of Washington and its suburbs late Saturday morning to celebrate the breaking news that the pair had been projected to win the 2020 presidential election.
A woman on a bicycle pedaled through Columbia Heights shouting, “it’s over!”
A man in Shaw stood on the curb with a stemmed glass of red wine, raising it to passersby.
“We won!” he shouted in Spanish. “We won!”
Fireworks exploded in bursts as neighbors emerged on porches with pots and pans to bang. Some simply stood there, raising their phones as if it were proof what they were seeing was real.
“The nightmare is over,” a man called to his neighbor, ambling out of a rowhouse just before noon.
On 11th Street in Columbia Heights, Black, Hispanic and White residents honked their horns and cheered. People eating outdoors at restaurants pumped their fists and yelled in response.
Residents popped bottles of champagne on their front porches while Latin music — a mainstay in the neighborhood — blared in the background.
Source: Afro World News
