Biden hopes Christmas will ‘drain the poison that has infected our politics’
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President Joe Biden is calling on the country to “spread a little bit of kindness” this Christmas season in hopes of easing the partisan tensions plaguing U.S. politics.
Biden donned his “uniter-in-chief” hat during his annual Christmas address, delivered from the White House on Thursday, and stated that “Christmas has always been the season of hope.”
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“We’re here on this Earth to care for one another, to look out for one another, to love one another. The message of Christmas is always important, especially important through tough times like the ones we’ve been through the past few years,” the president said.
“The messages of hope, love, peace and joy: They’re also universal. It speaks to all of us,” he continued. “This Christmas, let’s spread a little kindness.”
Biden specifically said that over the past few years, “too often we see each other as enemies, not as neighbors. As Democrats or Republicans, not as fellow Americans. We’ve become too divided.”
“My hope this Christmas season is that we take a few moments of quiet reflection. Find that stillness that’s at the heart of Christmas and look — really look at each other. Not as Democrats or Republicans, not as members of Team Red or Team Blue. But as who we really are. Fellow Americans. Fellow human beings worthy of being treated with dignity and respect,” the president said. “I sincerely hope this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another. I hope this Christmas season marks a fresh start for our nation because there’s so much that unites us as Americans — so much more that unites us than divides us.”
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