NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- President-elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Friday morning said they were "honored" to be named by Time magazine as its "Person of the Year."
"I’m honored to be Person of the Year with @KamalaHarris and grateful to be on this list with so many extraordinary folks," Biden tweeted. "From front line workers to racial justice organizers, Americans met this year with strength, fortitude, and an unflinching belief in a brighter tomorrow."
Harris echoed Biden's sentiments, tweeting, "Honored to be named @TIME’s Person of the Year with President-elect @JoeBiden. We’re at a moment where we’re being confronted by multiple crises that have converged. We have a lot we need to handle in the days ahead but I know together we can get it done."
Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said Biden and Harris snagged top honors for "changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world."
He added, "Every elected President since FDR has at some point during his term been a Person of the Year, nearly a dozen of those in a presidential election year. This is the first time we have included a Vice President."