From our special correspondent in the United States
While Joe Biden's America danced in celebration of victory in front of the tall, wire-meshed palisades surrounding the White House on Saturday, mocking Trump and rhythmically shouting that he was
"fired"
,
devastated
supporters of the incumbent continued to chant
" four more years ”in
front of the Michigan State Capitol, refusing to integrate the idea that their champion could have lost.
These two opposing images of America spoke volumes about the two separate political planets facing each other on the cusp of the Biden presidency.
"There is no way that is true,"
Curtis Udell, a 56-year-old Trumpist activist, told Reuters, saying
"he didn't believe for a second"
that Biden could have beaten Trump.
"They will never succeed in convincing me
,
"
he explained, saying that he would forever believe in a fraudulent election.
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This same state of mind where anger, disarray and denial mingle, reigns across the half of the country that voted
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