Biden Gives Post-Election National Address

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Facts

  • US Pres. Joe Biden addressed the nation about the recent election victory of former Pres. Donald Trump over Vice Pres. Kamala Harris. He called on Americans to "accept the choice the country made" and for his supporters to "get back up."[1]
  • Biden also stated that "you can't love your country only when you win" and "you can't love your neighbor only when you agree," further encouraging people to "bring down the temperature."[2][3]
  • Regarding the "integrity" of the "American electoral system," Biden said, "We can lay to rest" any "question" surrounding the issue, arguing that "it is honest, it is fair, and it is transparent."[2][4]
  • The president also spoke about his time in office, stating that "Much of the work we’ve done is already being felt by the American people," including what he described as "truly historic" legislation.[5]
  • Biden noted that he had spoken to Pres.-elect Trump and invited him to the White House, with Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also stating that they will schedule a meeting between the two "in the near future."[6]

Sources:[1]NBC, [2]New York Post, [3]The Hill, [4]Reuters, [5]Breitbart and [6]The New York Times.

Narratives

  • Democratic narrative, as provided by The New York Times. While Biden likely played a role in this loss by not stepping aside earlier, his attempt at unifying the country is important given the Harris campaign's lack of outreach to the working class. People who never would have voted for Trump before — including in hardcore Democrat constituencies like New York City — did so because they cared most about inflation. Democrats have the right policies, but they must stop prioritizing wealthy elites if they want their message to be heard.
  • Republican narrative, as provided by New York Post. Joe Biden and other Democrats cannot be trusted after they already promised to bring the country together in 2020. Biden campaigned as a working man's man, but once he got into office, he began pushing open borders, vaccine mandates, and other radical social agendas that ordinary people couldn't tolerate. The president's party seems consumed by this nationally unpopular social agenda, so the GOP will be the people's party for the foreseeable future.