President Joe Biden walks to talk successful the Rose Garden of the White House successful Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
After a debacle successful the US statesmanlike election, incumbent President Joe Biden addressed the federation connected Thursday greeting and referred to the effect of Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to President-elect Donald Trump arsenic a “setback”.
“Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable. A decision does not mean we are defeated,” President Biden said.
Biden said that helium accepts the effect and prime of the federation and urged Americans to clasp unity. “We judge the prime the state made,” helium said. “I’ve said galore times, you can’t emotion your state lone erstwhile you win. You can’t emotion your neighbour lone erstwhile you agree,” Biden added.
On January 20th, we volition person a peaceful transportation of powerfulness successful America. pic.twitter.com/P6xFZl0ysR
— President Biden (@POTUS) November 8, 2024
Biden added that helium would bid his medication to work with Trump’s squad for a “peaceful and orderly transition” of power. Unlike what happened during the transportation of powerfulness successful 2020-21 erstwhile Donald Trump mislaid the canvass to Joe Biden and riots took spot successful the US Capitol gathering connected Jan 6, 2021.
President Biden, during his code successful the White House Rose Garden, said “For implicit 200 years, America has carried connected the top experimentation successful self-government successful the past of the world, wherever the people, the radical ballot and take their ain leaders and they bash it peacefully. And wherever successful a democracy, the volition of the radical ever prevails.”
President Joe Biden departs aft speaking successful the Rose Garden of the White House successful Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Amid arguable allegations by immoderate Democrats supporters that Kamala Harris mislaid the contention owed to Joe Biden, the incumbent president during his six infinitesimal speech, praised the vice president for the run she ran.
“She ran an inspiring campaign, and everyone got to spot thing that I learned aboriginal connected to respect her quality truthful much. She has a backbone similar a ramrod, she has large character, existent character. She gave her full bosom and effort, and she and her full squad should beryllium arrogant of the run they ran.”
Around 4 months backmost successful July, Biden handed implicit the baton of White House contention for Democrats to Kamala Harris and announced his withdrawal. Though present connected January 20, 2025, erstwhile the Inauguration Day comes, helium volition manus it implicit to Republican Donald Trump.
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