Published 11:43 IST, December 11th 2020
Time's 'Person of the Year' title for 2020 goes to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
The TIME magazine has named US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris as 'Person of the Year 2020', picking them off the 4 finalists.
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TIME magazine has named US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris as 'Person of Year 2020'. anuncement comes as incumbent Donald Trump is refusing to concede to Joe Biden and is falsely claiming to have won election by "a lot". Interestingly, Donald Trump was also among four finalists for 2020, which included Frontline Healthcare Workers and Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Movement for Racial Injustice.
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Biden-Harris as TIME's pick
This is t first time in TIME's 93-year-old trition of naming Person of Year when a US President has been named for annual pick. Ever since that magazine started naming Person of Year, almost every US President starting from Franklin D Roosevelt has featured on TIME's cover p as Person of Year. Roosevelt is only president to have received title thrice, once as president-elect and twice while in office. However, 2020 is first time when a Vice-President-elect has been named Person of Year.
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"Toger, y offered restoration and renewal in a single ticket. And America bought what y were selling: after highest turut in a century, y racked up 81 million votes and counting, most in presidential history, topping Trump by some 7 million votes and flipping five battleground states," TIME said in its anuncement article.
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Biden broke Obama's record to receive most votes as a presidential candidate in US history. Biden also broke shackles as he picked Kamala Harris as his running-mate, who me history by becoming first woman and first woman of colour to become Vice-President-elect. Both of m have promised to pick one of most diverse cabinet in America's history as y prepare to le country when it is going downhill.
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11:43 IST, December 11th 2020