Crowds rush to White House, revel in DC streets, as Biden announced president-elect - WTOP

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Crowds flock outside the White House on Saturday as they celebrate the announcement of Joe Biden as the 46th U.S. president. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

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Passengers in a car in D.C.’s DuPont Circle hold up signs celebrating Kamala Harris’ promotion to Vice President elect with Joe Biden’s electoral college victory projection on Saturday. (WTOP/Scott Gelman)

People having a picnic in Lincoln Park in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood celebrate Joe Biden’s electoral college victory on Saturday. (WTOP/Sarabeth Hensley)

Police block a road near the White House as crowds fill the streets after Joe Biden was announced the president-elect.

A woman is seen coming out of the top of a car as traffic is stopped in D.C. after Joe Biden was announced the president-elect.

Crowds gather in D.C. near the White House after Joe Biden is announced as the president-elect.

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 07: People gather at Black Lives Matter Plaza to celebrate former Vice President Joe Bidens victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election near the White House on November 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. Earlier this morning several news outlets called the election for former Vice President Joe Biden after a multi-day delay in the results while the country waited for four contentious states to finish counting ballots. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Cars are gridlocked at Dupont Circle after Joe Biden is announced as the president-elect.

Shortly after former Vice President Joe Biden was announced president-elect, crowds rushed the streets in D.C. and thousands gathered near the White House.

At 15th Street and K Street NW, people started dancing over the projected election outcome.

WTOP’s Alejandro Alvarez says the crowds start at the White House and branch off throughout much of the city.

WTOP's Alejandro Alvarez walks the streets of D.C. as thousands celebrate Joe Biden being named president-elect

WTOP’s Dick Uliano said a brass band started playing for crowds that gathered at McPherson Square.

They’ve rolled out the brass band in election celebration at McPherson Square @WTOP pic.twitter.com/kvmcGz0yQC

— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) November 7, 2020

Alvarez describes the scene as “one massive party with the amount of people yelling and honking downtown and more headed in.”

#NOW: Thousands pouring into the streets near the White House moments after Biden was declared the winner. Washington feels like one massive party with the amount of people yelling and honking downtown and there’s still more headed in. pic.twitter.com/l6eHs5JSDk

— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) November 7, 2020

Some people brought champagne to enjoy in the streets as they celebrated Biden’s projected win and one jumped onto the roof of a nearby car.

Near total gridlock downtown with people driving around the White House waving Biden flags and banners, cheering out their windows. Not your typical weekend traffic! Saw someone climb onto the roof of their car and yell WE’RE FREE. pic.twitter.com/E9fz5ECfkj

— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) November 7, 2020

It’s a celebration here in #LafayetteSquare @WTOP #PresidentElectJoe pic.twitter.com/KtKAJgq7xL

— Melissa Howell (@Mhowell003) November 7, 2020

Alvarez, walking close to Black Lives Matter Plaza, said much of the champagne cork-popping had left a sticky-sweet residue of alcohol along the blocks close to the White House.

H and 16 — the site of countless protests and police crackdowns in months past — is nothing but a big party now. Choose your adventure, you’ve got Rage Against the Machine in one corner and Miley Cyrus in another. People sitting on stoplights. pic.twitter.com/D7H1zSlmTX

— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) November 7, 2020

On Northeast D.C.’s H Street, cars blasted their horns and pedestrians celebrated in the street shortly after the news spread at 11:30 a.m. One man walked down Florida Avenue NW carrying an American flag, yelling “Biden!” every few seconds, as cars driving by honked in affirmation.

WTOP’s Sarah Beth Hensley, reporting from Capitol Hill’s Lincoln Park, spoke to a group of D.C. residents who were celebrating Biden’s victory.

“For people who’ve lived here a really long time, this feels like then of a long four-year nightmare,” said Michael Wallace. “I got a text from a friend abroad who put it really well: ‘normalcy may now resume.'”

People having a picnic in Lincoln Park in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood celebrate Joe Biden’s electoral college victory on Saturday. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)

Becky Pfordresher, who was part of the picnicking group, said “the trust in institutions and systems is really important, and I feel like a figure like Biden, who is a trusted source, is very grounding, very anchoring. It helps to feel like there’s a solid foundation underneath you again.”

By midafternoon Saturday, WTOP’s Alvarez said another block in D.C. had been cut off to traffic – 17th Street NW, and the extra street open to pedestrians had eased the crunch along 16th Street.

WTOP’s Alejandro Alvarez, Dick Uliano, Scott Gelman, Melissa Howell, Sarah Beth Hensley and Dan Friedell contributed to this report.

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