Biden's Thanksgiving Message
-
Called into the Thanksgiving Day parade broadcast:
"We have to remind ourselves how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on the face of the earth," the president said. "Today is about coming together, giving thanks for this country we call home. And thanks to all the firefighters, police officers, first responders and our troops, some of whom are stationed abroad."
Jill Biden said it was "important that we all commit to an act of kindness today" and asked Americans to "call someone and wish them a Happy Thanksgiving or do something kind."
With a deep political divide across the country, Biden said on this holiday "we have to come together" and "bring the nation together."
"We can have different political views, but … we have one view -- the one view is we're the finest, greatest nation in the world. We should focus on that … We have to bring the nation together and we have to treat each other with a little bit of decency and so -- and I think that's who the vast majority of the American people are."
The campaign:
