Joe Biden projected confidence Friday that he would win the presidential election, citing his lead in votes in key states like Pennsylvania.
WE CAN'T SAVE ANY OF THE LIVESTHAT'S BEEN LOST BUT WE CAN SAVEA LOT OF LIVES IN THE MONTHSAHEAD.SENATOR HARRIS AND I, ALSO,HEARD YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW THISRECOVERY IS SLOWING, BECAUSE OFTHE FAILURE TO GET THE PANDEMICUNDER CONTROL.MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE AREON UNEMPLOYMENT.MILLIONS ARE WORRIED ABOUTMAKING RENT AND PUTTING FOOD ONTHE TABLE.OUR ECONOMIC PLAN WILL PUT AFOCUS ON A PATH TO A STRONGRECOVERY.LOOK.WE BOTH KNOW TENSIONS ARE HIGH.THEY CAN BE HIGH, AFTER A TOUGHELECTION, LIKE THE ONE WE'VEHAD.BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER, WE HAVETO REMAIN CALM, PATIENT, LET THEPROCESS WORK OUT AS WE COUNT ALLTHE VOTES.YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVING, AGAIN,WHAT WE'VE PROVED FOR 244 YEARSIN THIS COUNTRY.DEMOCRACY WORKS.YOUR VOTE WILL BE COUNTED.I DON'T CARE HOW HARD PEOPLE TRYTO STOP IT, I WILL NOT LET ITHAPPEN.THE PEOPLE WILL BE HEARD.OUR JOURNEY IS TOWARD AMORE-PERFECT UNION, AND IT KEEPSMOVING ON.IN AMERICA, WE HOLD STRONGVIEWS.WE HOLD STRONG DISAGREEMENTS ANDTHAT'S OKAY.STRONG DISAGREEMENTS AREINEVITABLE IN A DEMOCRACY ANDSTRONG DISAGREEMENTS AREHEALTHY.THEY'RE A SIGN OF VIGOROUSDEBATE.OF DEEPLY-HELD VIEWS.WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE, THEPURPOSE OF OUR POLITICS IS INTOTAL, UNRELENTING, UNENDINGWARFARE.NO.THE PURPOSE OF OUR POLITICS, THEWORK OF THE NATION, ISN'T TO FANTHE FLAMES OF CONFLICT BUT, TOSOLVE PROBLEMS.TO GUARANTEE JUSTICE.TO GIVE EVERYBODY A FAIR SHOTAND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OURPEOPLE.WE MAY BE OPPONENTS BUT WE'RENOT ENEMIES.WEWE'RE AMERICANS.AND NO MATTER WHO YOU VOTED FOR,I'M CERTAIN OF ONE THING.THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALMOST 150MILLION AMERICANS WHO VOTED,THEY WANT TO GET THE VITRIOL OUTOF OUR POLITICS.WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TOAGREE, ON A LOT OF ISSUES.BUT, AT LEAST, WE CAN AGREE TOBE CIVIL WITH ONE ANOTHER.WE HAVE TO PUT THE ANGER AND THEDEMONIZATION BEHIND US.IT'S TIME FOR US TO COMETOGETHER, AS A NATION, TO HEAL.IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.WE HAVE TO TRY.MY RESPONSIBILITY, AS PRESIDENT,WILL BE TO REPRESENT THE WHOLENATION.AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'LLWORK AS HARD FOR THOSE WHO VOTEDAGAINST ME, AS THOSE WHO VOTEDFOR ME.THAT'S THE JOB.IT'S CALLED THE DUTY OF CARE FORALL AMERICANS.WE HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO DEALWITH FROM COVID TO THE ECONOMYTO RACIAL JUSTICE TO CLIMATECHANGE.WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TIME TOWASTE ON PARTISAN WARFARE.YOU KNOW, AND MORE THAN THAT, WEHAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLEOPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE FUTUREWE WANT FOR OUR KIDS AND OURGRANDKIDS.I'VE SAID, MANY, MANY TIMES,I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE OPTIMISTICABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS NATION.THERE IS NO REASON WE CAN'T OWNTHE 21st CENTURY.WE JUST NEED TO REMEMBER WHO WEARE.THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA AND THERE'S NEVER BEENANYTHING, ANYTHING, WE'VE BEENUNABLE TO DO, UNABLE TOACCOMPLISH, WHEN WE'VE DONE ITTOGETHER.I HOPE TO BE TALKING TO YOUTOMORROW.I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND MAYGOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GODPROTECT OUR TROOPS.GOOD NIGHT.
The White House Coronavirus task force held its first briefing in months today. As Camila Bernal reports members of the task force..
On Wednesday, Joe Biden named longtime aide Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff.
