Joe Biden Declares 'America's Back' from ‘Grim Era’
WILMINGTON, Del.—For four years, America has been a nation at war with itself. But on Saturday night, President-elect Joe Biden encouraged the tens of millions of Americans watching to set aside “the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest impulses.”
“Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end here and now,” Biden told a jubilant crowd in Wilmington, Delaware, hours after the race for president was finally called. “It’s time for our better angels to prevail.”
In a victory speech emphasizing the message of national unity and a restoration of common decency that animated his entire campaign, Biden pledged to be a president who will unify the nation behind a common goal—and not to treat his opponents as enemies.