Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to ensure a peaceful and orderly transfer of power to President-elect Donald Trump in January and said the electoral drubbing did not mean the Democrats' movement was defeated. Biden made the comments during an address to the nation a day after Trump, 78, was re-elected as the 47th president of the US after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's nominee. Trump, who lost the 2020 elections to President Biden, pulled off an incredible comeback, wresting 295 electoral college votes against Harris' 226 in a fierce contest that almost left the Americans with two world views.
“Yesterday, I spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory. I assured him that I would direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition," Biden said in his address from the Rose Garden of the White House. "That's what the American people deserve,” he added.
The US President appealed to the Democratic supporters to carry on with their movement. "I know for some people, it's a time for victory, to state the obvious. For others, it's a time of loss," said Biden in his address attended by members of his Cabinet and senior administration officials.
Noting that setbacks are unavoidable, he said that giving up is "unforgivable". "We all get knocked down. But the measure of our character, as my dad would say, is how quickly we get back up.
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