President Joe Biden delivered a brief address at the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, saying Americans must stop viewing each other as “enemies.”
Biden, who has focused much of his re-election campaign on labeling his chief political rival Donald Trump and his supporters as a threat to the country, spoke of the importance of unity during his speech at the prayer breakfast. Biden invoked President Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address, which took place as the Civil War loomed, and Lincoln admonished Americans to remain as friends, not enemies.
“We must not be enemies,” Biden said. “I’ve long believed we have to look at each other, even on our most challenging times, not as enemies but as fellow Americans.”
“My prayer, my hope is we continue to believe our best days are ahead of us as a nation,” the president added. “We continue to believe in honesty,…
