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<p>On Thursday night it was announced that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been award the TIME&#39;s Person of the Year award for 2020. Since 1927, TIME has been picking the year&#39;s most influential person.</p><p>Last year, the award went to teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, and this year the nominees were Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and The Movement on Racial Justice.</p><p>Each year, regardless of who wins, there are a slew of vastly different reactions, and with Biden competing with Fauci and the healthcare workers, the protests for racial justice, and Trump, the reactions to this win are even more divided than ever.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME&#39;s 2020 Person of the Year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMEPOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIMEPOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/o97QNlSBrl">https://t.co/o97QNlSBrl</a> <a href="https://t.co/KuoBoebBN4">pic.twitter.com/KuoBoebBN4</a></p>&mdash; TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1337243797466603522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Here are just a handful of the reactions to Biden and Harris winning TIME&#39;s Person of the Year award, ranging from angry to celebratory.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>1.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Workers, spend almost the entire year trying to fight the worst pandemic in a century with many dying in the process - and you award this bauble to a man who spent the year in a basement &amp; a woman so unpopular she did not even make it to the primaries.</p>&mdash; Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1337248814017650688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>2.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">wow i can&#39;t believe the magazine primarily designed to reinforce and maintain the death grip of the bourgeoisie specifically snubbed Black lives and instead chose the caricature with a liquefacting brain the same people forced down our throats to maintain their imperial power</p>&mdash; hegelian vs gamers 🐬 (@reachrachelkahn) <a href="https://twitter.com/reachrachelkahn/status/1337244481071034371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>3.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for being named TIME&#39;s 2020 Person of the Year!<br><br>Their win made America safe for democracy again.<br><br>The U.S. came dangerously close to walking off a cliff of its own making in November...luckily we thought the better of it, albeit narrowly. <a href="https://t.co/0tG0YQ2OTW">pic.twitter.com/0tG0YQ2OTW</a></p>&mdash; Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/RussOnPolitics/status/1337249544493539333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>4.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is going to drive Trump nuts.... <a href="https://t.co/7EbZUD1asj">pic.twitter.com/7EbZUD1asj</a></p>&mdash; Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1337251607763951619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>5.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump lost to Biden again 😂</p>&mdash; Stacie (@swhaley05) <a href="https://twitter.com/swhaley05/status/1337244024785096704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>6.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/AUF2kfIBNU">pic.twitter.com/AUF2kfIBNU</a></p>&mdash; Elizabeth Warren is a Neera Tanden Democrat 🥋 (@SocialistMMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SocialistMMA/status/1337246224613863424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I will never stop reminding people that Kamala was brutally rejected by her community but selected by the oligarchy</p>&mdash; Elizabeth Warren is a Neera Tanden Democrat 🥋 (@SocialistMMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SocialistMMA/status/1337251967085719553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>7.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">These two that are gonna give us the same tired shit from 2008?</p>&mdash; ✧.✧ alexei ✧.✧ (@uxieon) <a href="https://twitter.com/uxieon/status/1337244086546391042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>8.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dr. Fauci and the frontline healthcare workers are MY person of the year!</p>&mdash; Valerie Frederick (@onlyonevalerie) <a href="https://twitter.com/onlyonevalerie/status/1337244202393083911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>9.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Should have been health care workers. <a href="https://t.co/BsXmWe5Jiu">pic.twitter.com/BsXmWe5Jiu</a></p>&mdash; The Honorable Peachy Dory (@sosaithi) <a href="https://twitter.com/sosaithi/status/1337249362506706946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>10.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">name one thing they did besides not be trump <a href="https://t.co/hD9171uaCC">https://t.co/hD9171uaCC</a></p>&mdash; Alexis Isabel (@lexi4prez) <a href="https://twitter.com/lexi4prez/status/1337404397966462977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>11.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">America’s story will change. Thank you to every single person who voted for <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a>! <a href="https://t.co/0X29AFD9Go">https://t.co/0X29AFD9Go</a></p>&mdash; Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) <a href="https://twitter.com/ValerieJarrett/status/1337354894244786183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Odd. Feels like it should have been the healthcare workers and the scientists behind the vaccine. <a href="https://t.co/X3PcaYin0M">https://t.co/X3PcaYin0M</a></p>&mdash; Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) <a href="https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/1337336195303567360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>13.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This&#39;ll drive Rump nuts! Or should I say *nuttier*?! <a href="https://t.co/F0FBlVc67m">https://t.co/F0FBlVc67m</a></p>&mdash; Natalie.. THE CAVALRY IS COMING JANUARY 20, 2021!! (@Denton21990) <a href="https://twitter.com/Denton21990/status/1337314215787425792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>14.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s Something ELSE You LOST ~ <br><br>Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <br><br>Meet the New President and Vice President<br><br>40 Days ⏳⏳⏳<br><br>You should start PACKING, you’re running out of time <a href="https://t.co/i1iBgHeAXl">pic.twitter.com/i1iBgHeAXl</a></p>&mdash; The Resistor Sister ♥️🇺🇸🦅🙏🏻 (@the_resistor) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_resistor/status/1337374422903078913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>15.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I gotta say...picking the 94 Crime Bill author and a former prosecutor as person of the year over the entire movement for racial justice is just on brand for 2020 at this point. <a href="https://t.co/Fx7OqX4L82">https://t.co/Fx7OqX4L82</a></p>&mdash; 🌽🌽Erica, the white trash socialist🌽🌽™️ (@herosnvrdie69) <a href="https://twitter.com/herosnvrdie69/status/1337259860350693376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

15 divided reactions to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being awarded TIME's 2020 Person of the Year.

On Thursday night it was announced that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been award the TIME&#39;s Person of the Year award for 2020. Since 1927, TIME has been picking the year&#39;s most influential person.Last year, the award went to teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, and this year the nominees were Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and The Movement on Racial Justice.Each year, regardless of who wins, there are a slew of vastly different reactions, and with Biden competing with Fauci and the healthcare workers, the protests for racial justice, and Trump, the reactions to this win are even more divided than ever.Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME&#39;s 2020 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/o97QNlSBrl pic.twitter.com/KuoBoebBN4&mdash; TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2020 Here are just a handful of the reactions to Biden and Harris winning TIME&#39;s Person of the Year award, ranging from angry to celebratory.1.Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Workers, spend almost the entire year trying to fight the worst pandemic in a century with many dying in the process - and you award this bauble to a man who spent the year in a basement &amp; a woman so unpopular she did not even make it to the primaries.&mdash; Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) December 11, 2020 2.wow i can&#39;t believe the magazine primarily designed to reinforce and maintain the death grip of the bourgeoisie specifically snubbed Black lives and instead chose the caricature with a liquefacting brain the same people forced down our throats to maintain their imperial power&mdash; hegelian vs gamers 🐬 (@reachrachelkahn) December 11, 2020 3.Congrats to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for being named TIME&#39;s 2020 Person of the Year!Their win made America safe for democracy again.The U.S. came dangerously close to walking off a cliff of its own making in November...luckily we thought the better of it, albeit narrowly. pic.twitter.com/0tG0YQ2OTW&mdash; Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) December 11, 2020 4.This is going to drive Trump nuts.... pic.twitter.com/7EbZUD1asj&mdash; Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 11, 2020 5.Trump lost to Biden again 😂&mdash; Stacie (@swhaley05) December 11, 2020 6. pic.twitter.com/AUF2kfIBNU&mdash; Elizabeth Warren is a Neera Tanden Democrat 🥋 (@SocialistMMA) December 11, 2020 I will never stop reminding people that Kamala was brutally rejected by her community but selected by the oligarchy&mdash; Elizabeth Warren is a Neera Tanden Democrat 🥋 (@SocialistMMA) December 11, 2020 7.These two that are gonna give us the same tired shit from 2008?&mdash; ✧.✧ alexei ✧.✧ (@uxieon) December 11, 2020 8.Dr. Fauci and the frontline healthcare workers are MY person of the year!&mdash; Valerie Frederick (@onlyonevalerie) December 11, 2020 9.Should have been health care workers. pic.twitter.com/BsXmWe5Jiu&mdash; The Honorable Peachy Dory (@sosaithi) December 11, 2020 10.name one thing they did besides not be trump https://t.co/hD9171uaCC&mdash; Alexis Isabel (@lexi4prez) December 11, 2020 11.America’s story will change. Thank you to every single person who voted for @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris! https://t.co/0X29AFD9Go&mdash; Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) December 11, 2020 12.Odd. Feels like it should have been the healthcare workers and the scientists behind the vaccine. https://t.co/X3PcaYin0M&mdash; Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) December 11, 2020 13.This&#39;ll drive Rump nuts! Or should I say *nuttier*?! https://t.co/F0FBlVc67m&mdash; Natalie.. THE CAVALRY IS COMING JANUARY 20, 2021!! (@Denton21990) December 11, 2020 14.Here’s Something ELSE You LOST ~ Hey @realDonaldTrump Meet the New President and Vice President40 Days ⏳⏳⏳You should start PACKING, you’re running out of time pic.twitter.com/i1iBgHeAXl&mdash; The Resistor Sister ♥️🇺🇸🦅🙏🏻 (@the_resistor) December 11, 2020 15.I gotta say...picking the 94 Crime Bill author and a former prosecutor as person of the year over the entire movement for racial justice is just on brand for 2020 at this point. https://t.co/Fx7OqX4L82&mdash; 🌽🌽Erica, the white trash socialist🌽🌽™️ (@herosnvrdie69) December 11, 2020 

The internet has a LOT of different feelings.