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NYC Celebrates Evicting Trump From The White House
A city’s bizarre sigh of relief as Biden is voted in during a global pandemic
Tonight, a city celebrated in relief over what feels like a huge turning point in recent American history. We celebrated the beginning of what promises to be a healing phase in both our political and social spheres. What’s strange, is that we did all of this set against a bizarre backdrop of what has become the new normal in our post-pandemic reality.
As crowds gathered, they did so fully complying with mask mandates. No room for selfish arguments or ludicrous complaints about “losing personal liberties”, just care for their community. We shouted chants of “U. — S. — A.” through cloth-covered faces. Smiles were visible only through squinted eyes of ecstatic crowds. Families and friends celebrating over dinner and drinks did so at restaurants that have now claimed entire sidewalk spaces for outdoor dining by necessity.
Those making their way to Times Square did so tonight on socially distanced subways, walked through deathly quiet midtown streets, and made their way down a boarded up 5th Ave. while detouring around a heavily blockaded Trump Tower.
