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Maltese leaders hail ‘inspirational’ Biden-Harris victory
Victory of Kamala Harris as first ethnic minority woman vice-president of the United States important milestone, say Malta representatives
8 November 2020, 7:05am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
2 min read
Kamala Harris is the first female and ethnic minority Vice-President of the United States
Prime Minister Robert Abela has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their election victory.
He hailed the election of the first female vice-president elect, and the first such VP of colour, as “inspiring”.
Congratulations upon his election as POTUS @JoeBiden - congrats also to @KamalaHarris as first woman vp in the US - so inspiring - RA
— Robert Abela (@RobertAbela_MT) November 7, 2020
Opposition leader Bernard Grech described Biden, 77, as “a man who stood up to be counted and prioritised the value of people in his politics”.
Congratulations to @JoeBiden on his election as President of the United States of America + @KamalaHarris as new VP 🇺🇲
— Bernard Grech (@bernardgrechmt) November 7, 2020
A testing yet rewarding result for a man who stood up to be counted and prioritised the value of people in his politics. This is what it is always about. pic.twitter.com/pspM4tF01N
The President of the Republic, George Vella, congratulated Biden and Harris, saying he looked forward to a consolidation of bilateral relations between Malta and the USA “to overcome global challenges”.
Congratulations to @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris for their victory in the #US Presidential elections. I look forward to the further consolidation of relations between our two countries on both the bilateral and multilateral levels to overcome common, global challenges.
— George Vella (@presidentmt) November 7, 2020
Malta’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vanessa Frazier, hailed Harris’s victory. “As a child her mother taught here that whenever some man would claim that ‘a woman’s place was in the house’, I should reply ‘yes... in the White House’. Today we are one step closer.”
Maltese EU Commissioner for equality Helena Dalli saluted Harris’s election. “We must play our fair share in politics and we need to reflect society, in all its diversity, at the decision making level. Congratulations to Kamala Harris for leaping over the hurdles and becoming the first ethnic minority woman Vice President of the US.”
We must play our fair share in politics and we need to reflect society, in all its diversity, at the decision making level.
— Helena Dalli (@helenadalli) November 7, 2020
Congratulations to @KamalaHarris for leaping over the hurdles and becoming the first ethnic minority woman Vice President of the US https://t.co/LNTUu9QzWi
Malta’s junior minister for equality Rosianne Cutajar said that as vice-president of the United States, Kamala Harris “will be shattering another racial and gender barrier in American politics whilst serving as an inspiration for all the women around the world.”
Congratulations @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris who as vice-president of the United States will be shattering another racial and gender barrier in American politics whilst serving as an inspiration for all the women around the world 🌏 @MaltaGov pic.twitter.com/W8Hho04xdQ
— Rosianne Cutajar (@RosianneCutajar) November 7, 2020
Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola said Biden was a “good, decent man who ran on a message of hope - who feels the weight of the office - And a strong woman as Vice-President - you know the world will be a little bit better tomorrow.”
What a moment in global politics. When one of world's largest democracies elects as President a decent, good man who ran on a message of hope - who feels the weight of the office - And a strong woman as Vice-President - you know the world will be a little bit better tomorrow. https://t.co/kJHHsKngYm
— Roberta Metsola MEP (@RobertaMetsola) November 7, 2020
