Obama, Carter and Clinton congratulate Biden on his victory

On Saturday, 3 former US presidents congratulated Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter on Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential battle.

On Saturday, former US President Barack Obama hailed Biden’s “historic” victory in the White House race.

Obama, the first black person to hold the US presidency, said in a statement, “We are fortunate that Joe has the perks required to be president and is already acting on that basis. : An endemic pandemic, an unjust economy and justice system, an endangered democracy and a threatened climate. “

In addition, two former US Democratic presidents congratulated President-elect Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

“America has spoken and democracy has won,” Bill Clinton wrote in a tweet. The 42nd president also expected Biden and Harris to “serve us all and bring us together.”

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President, said in a statement, released on Saturday, that he and his wife, Rosalynn, “are proud of the Democrats’ campaign which has been run well and that they see the positive change they will bring. to our nation “.

Neither Clinton, Carter nor Obama mentioned President Trump in their words.

Biden was a young lawmaker during the Carter presidency (1977-1981). He went through the Senate as chairman of the Judiciary Committee through the Clinton presidency in the 1990s, presiding over the nomination hearings of two Clinton Supreme Court candidates.