President Biden on Thursday appealed for unity during the National Prayer Breakfast, which was held in person for the first time in two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The president’s speech focused largely on the need for lawmakers and the nation as a whole to get to know one another and get past political divisions, which he called “palpable.”
“Unity doesn’t mean we have to agree on everything, but unity is where enough of us believe in a core of basic things,” Biden said. “The common good, the general welfare. A faith in the United States of America.”
Biden cautioned the divisions are noticeable around the world, but added the rest of the globe is looking to the U.S. to see whether it can overcome its problems.
The president bemoaned how lawmakers no longer spend as much quality time together as they did when he served in the Senate, when he said senators frequently ate lunch together and were able to see past political disagreements to get along.
