In an address to the nation from the White House gardens, the outgoing president emphasized that he will hand over command to his successor without criticism. Moreover, he hopes that the latest elections will serve to “put an end to doubts about the integrity” of the electoral system.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, acknowledged on Thursday that the Democrats lost the electoral “battle” on Tuesday against the Republicans led by tycoon Donald Trump, to whom he has promised an “orderly” transition so that he can take power arrive without setbacks on January 20, a confidence that he did not enjoy four years ago.
Trump, who was defeated by Biden in the 2020 election, refused to recognize his rival’s victory and encouraged an attack on the Capitol during the process of ratifying the results. “You can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t love your neighbor only if you agree with him,” the outgoing president said from the White House gardens.
Both had an initial telephone contact on Wednesday and Biden wanted to make it clear in a speech to the nation that he will hand over command to his successor without criticism, because ‘that is what the American people deserve’. In fact, he hopes the election will serve to “end doubts about the integrity of the electoral system” encouraged by Trump himself. The system is, in Biden’s words, “fair, just and transparent.”
The president has praised the figure of his vice president and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, in a moment that he described as a “defeat”, but that can only be “accepted”. In this sense, he wanted to be “proud” of the government’s work over the past years, a “difficult” phase that he described as “historic.”
Likewise, he pointed out that “there are 74 days left to complete the mandate” and that “every day counts,” in an apparent final political plea before Republicans take control of the White House and, predictably, both chambers Congress – they already have a majority in the Senate.
“Succeeding is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable,” warned Biden, who cited his father to point out that what truly defines a person is “how quickly he rises” in the face of adversity. “A defeat does not mean that we are defeated,” the current tenant of the White House emphasized.
Source: EITB
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