And senator ron johnson says, you know, five years isn t enough. we re gonna do it every year. you have senator lindsey graham talking about a national ban on abortion. something that is so unacceptable. to the millions of people in this country that have had their rights taken away. a law that s been with us for 50 years. the president has been so clear that we need to codify roe v. wade. so there s so many elements that the president is going to continue to highlight his vision versus this extreme, maga agenda. and be clear about what that contrast is and make sure that people are able to see and feel the progress we ve made and that there is more progress to be done together. white house deputy chief of staff, jen o malley dillon thank you so much for giving us a big win tonight in what is our three year campaign to get you to join us on this program. thank you very, very much. i really appreciate it. it s been a pleasure.
Feeling tonight about the upcoming election, it is my honor to introduce you to the wizard of 2020 who manage joe biden s winning presidential campaign from her attic after the coronavirus closed down the campaign headquarters, and while she was managing the campaign, she was home somehow keeping an eye on her then twin eight year old daughter s and three year old son. joining us now is white house deputy chief of staff, jen o malley dillon. and i wish we had an applause track here for you, jen. you kept allowed of people same on that election week in 2020. what can you tell us tonight about what you are looking at as you as these elections approach. lawrence, it s so wonderful to be with you and to take me down that memory lane of that special time. and the start of this administration. you know, you talked about the confidence that i conveyed then. that confidence was built off
November 7th, 2020, i got to say this it is my honor to announce to you that nbc news is projecting joe biden as the winner of the presidential election. dancing in the streets broke out after that. literally dancing in the streets. they could have gotten that dancing started on wednesday if they had been paying attention to jen o malley dillon. and so, to address the anxiety that i know millions of you are feeling tonight about the upcoming election, it is my honor to introduce you to the wizard of 2020 who manage and inched joe biden s winning presidential campaign from her attic after the coronavirus closed down the campaign headquarters, and while she was managing the campaign, she was home somehow keeping an eye on her then twin eight year old daughters and three wilson. joining us now is white house deputy chief of staff, jen o malley dillon. and i wish we had an applause
Presidential candidate in history. and we are still counting. over 135 million votes have been counted so far. and the vice president has received 69 million votes so far. he has won over 50% of the popular vote. we are on track to win in michigan by more than donald trump did in 2016, to win in wisconsin by more than trump did in 2016, to win in pennsylvania by more than trump did in 2016. and we flipped one of his states, arizona, and congressional district, nebraska number two, last night, to add on top of that. after, that i told my word friends it was all over. joe biden won. none of them believed it because they had never heard of jen o malley dillon because she prefers to do her work quietly, backstage. on our coverage on this program each night that week we stressed, as strongly as possible, every update delivered by jen o malley
Dillon. here is what she had on to say on thursday, november 5th. good morning, everyone. it s good to be with you today. this is mandy steele, vice president and jen o malley dillon i m joined with bob bauer. senior adviser to the campaign. hopefully, folks had a chance to get a little more sleep last night. i certainly did since the last time i spoke to all of you. and our goal for today is to give you an update on how we think things are going in the race, and where we are headed. so let me be very clear. our data shows that joe biden will be the next president of the united states. and that the counting is happening now in the states. and they are moving to us as we see the counting throughout this morning, yesterday and into today that that counting is going to continue to show our path to victory. and so it was with no surprise at all, to me, that two days later on saturday,