Following the presidential election, Former President Obama gave a 60 Minutes interview during which he opined that the results of this year’s national election showed a “very divided” country. He (and others) have doubled down on that conclusion in the weeks since. The horrifying violence at the United States Capitol offers virtually conclusive evidence of that, particularly when contrasted with the social justice protests and riots of last year. As we move forward into the Biden Administration, many Americans must be feeling hopeless.
I urge my countrymen to reject that feeling. In fact, I posit that, for the first time in several years, the country has sent a clear, unifying message to its leaders. In it, Mr. Biden will find a hidden mandate of moderation and bipartisanship, of fidelity and patriotism. If he can recognize and leverage it, I think we are in for fair winds and following seas, and it has never been needed more.
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