Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down.

Biden is citing a common Eucharistic hymn in his speech. He’s a Catholic, don’t forget!

All presidents since 1976 combined served less than 8 years in Congress. Biden will enter with the longest experience in Congress ever for a president: 36 years, not including 8 years as vice president. He has a long history of dealmaking ties to Senate leaders. But his presidency will be a test of whether that experience still helps pass legislation in a polarized era.

As a reminder, we don’t yet know when Trump will address the nation. The White House issued earlier today what is called a “travel/photo lid,” meaning no media access to Trump for the rest of the day. That is significant for the reasons you cite, Kaleigh, and as Julia said at the outset — this tradition of victory and concession speeches might have been made for the TV era — but the victory speech in the absence of a concession does speak to how polarized our country is.