“This Is a Time to Heal America”: Biden Addresses US Citizens and Calls for Unity

He wants to be president for everyone, not just for those who voted for him.

Joe Biden, the US presidential candidate and, according to preliminary data, the 46th President of America, addressed his voters and supporters of Donald Trump. He called for unity and an end to the disputes, reports CNN.

He said he understands the disappointment of those who voted for his rival. But the time has come to abandon harsh statements.

Joe Biden
President-elect of the United States

I understand the disappointment of everyone who voted for President Trump. I have lost several times myself, but let us give each other a chance. The time has come to abandon harsh rhetoric, lower the level of tension, start listening to each other and stop treating our opponents as enemies.

Later he added: “This is a time to heal America”.

Joe Biden also quoted several lines from the Bible and a popular hymn: “Now, together on eagle's wings, we set out to do the work that God and history have called us to do with a full heart and steady hands. With faith in America and in one another. With love for our homeland, a thirst for justice!”

He called for national unity. “Let us become the nation we know we can be. One nation. The nation has grown stronger. The nation has healed. The United States of America, ladies and gentlemen. Never, never has there been anything we have tried to do and failed,” said the Democrat.

Biden promised to be president for all Americans, including the 70 million people who voted for Donald Trump's re-election. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unite”, Biden assured.

Kamala Harris, who stood beside him on stage, said it was a great honor for her to become the first woman to serve as vice president. And that she certainly would not be the last, since her example will show all young girls that America is a land of opportunity.

Although official results are not yet in, nearly all leading American media reported yesterday that Joe Biden had won the vote in Pennsylvania, which gives him more than 270 electoral votes and makes him the President of the United States.

Immediately after that, officials from various countries sent Biden congratulations on his victory in the US presidential election; in particular, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote a congratulatory message to him. Biden himself is now referred to as the “President-elect of the United States”, having updated his status on Twitter.