Dascha Polanco, Aubrey Plaza & More Latinx Celebs React To Joe Biden & Kamala Harris’ Win
A cardboard cutout of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Sen. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are President-elect and Vice President-elect and Latinx supporters nationwide couldn’t be happier. The 2020 Presidential election was called Saturday morning (Nov. 7) when Biden surpassed the 270 electoral college needed for the win. So, what are Latinx saying this fine afternoon?
Actor John Leguizamo (Critical Thinking) was beside himself and released a video shouting in happiness.
Its over! Biden won! We can unify! Save our economy! Really stop covid! pic.twitter.com/MVnllSLZGt
— John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) November 7, 2020
Actress Eva Longoria (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) is ready for the United States to go through a healing process.
Our children were watching us as a country. To see what we would decide. Division and Hate or Unity and LOVE. We chose correctly. LOVE will always trump hate! Unity, let’s start healing as Americans! 🇺🇸
— Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) November 7, 2020
Through a series of power-fist emojis, actress Jessica Alba (Sin City) showed followers that she is hoping for racial unity.
✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻 #UnitedStatesofAmerica https://t.co/h9oKtPiyPm
— Jessica Alba (@jessicaalba) November 7, 2020
Actor and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda posted a GIF from a scene of his award-winning Broadway play Hamilton expressing his excitement.
YES. pic.twitter.com/9plvnfEdQb
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 7, 2020
Actress Aubrey Plaza (TV’s Parks and Recreation), who is from Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware, thanked everyone for voting blue this year and shared a photo of her and the president-elect.
Thank you to everyone who voted to put this guy in office. We did it!!!God bless America and God Bless Delaware!!! Now let’s get to workkkkk pic.twitter.com/xzmjF9W2rp
— Aubrey Plaza (@evilhag) November 7, 2020
Actress Dascha Polanco (TV’s Orange Is the New Black) had one simple question after she found out Biden won.
Where the party at ?!!!
— Dascha Polanco (@SheIsDash) November 7, 2020
Actress Rosie Perez (Birds of Prey) sent out some enthusiastic congratulations to Biden and Harris.
OMG!!! @JoeBiden has won!!!! He is our new president! Congrats @KamalaHarris! Yay!!!! Congrats!!!!! We did it!!!! https://t.co/CdSWVZzhvE
— Rosie Perez (@rosieperezbklyn) November 7, 2020
Puertorriqueña model Joan Smalls is happy that “human decency” will return to the office of the presidency.
It’s a win for human decency. I’m so happy right now. We did are part, now it’s time for y’all to do yours @joebiden @kamalaharris Que viva la igualdad humana! https://t.co/0dRoD8sVPz
— Joan Smalls (@joansmalls) November 7, 2020
Afro-Latino star Sarunas J. Jackson (TV’s Insecure) is happy to get “that clown” out of the White House, but let Biden know winning the presidency isn’t enough.
iLLadel!!!
Now Joe, we gonna be on your head too! Step 1 was to get that clown outta here. Act right! https://t.co/7thfgCcmJC— Sarunas J Jackson 🏁 (@RoneJae) November 7, 2020
Finally, actor Oscar Nuñez (TV’s The Office) isn’t very concerned if the current President decides he doesn’t want to leave the White House in a few weeks.
the Constitution does not require him to concede.But he can’t squat in the WH at some point the Secret Service and or the FBI will escort him to the door. We can only hope that an agent whispers to him on the way out “You’re fired”. https://t.co/uApd2jdC3l
— Oscar Nunez (@OscarNunezLA) November 7, 2020