The president delivered a relentlessly optimistic Christmas address, urging Americans to see the good in each other and their country while steering clear of the poisons of party and politics.
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a Christmas speech at the White House in Washington, U.S., on December 22, 2022. REUTERS
Thursday was an unusually frenetic day in Washington and across the country.
Congress worked to avoid a government shutdown before Christmas weekend. Frantic holiday travelers sat anxiously in airports hoping to get on a flight as powerful storms disrupted air and road traffic. Media and political operatives scoured the newly released testimony of Jan. 6 committee witnesses and awaited the printing of the 800-page report – along with the possible release of former President Donald Trump's tax returns.
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But President Joe Biden didn't talk about any of that as he stood behind a podium in the holiday-decorated White House. Instead, the president delivered a brief and aspirationally apolitical speech, wishing Americans a merry Christmas and asking them to treat each other with kindness and respect.
"I truly hope you take the time to look out for one another, not at one another,” Biden said.
"I sincerely hope this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another," Biden added, urging a "fresh start for our nation" after a period of bitter partisanship and division.
"Too often, we see each other as enemies, not as neighbors," Biden lamented. He urged Americans during the holidays to "take a few moments of quiet reflection – find that stillness that's at the heart of Christmas and really look at each other, not as Democrats or Republicans, not as members of team red or team blue ... [but] as fellow Americans.
"We're truly blessed to live in this nation, and I truly hope we take the time to look out for one another," he added.
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Biden's eight-minute speech was remarkable for its lack of news or political message. Modern presidents have often held end-of-year news conferences before heading out of town for the holidays or catalogued their legislative successes from the previous year.
The White House said the address to the nation would focus on what unites Americans and present optimism for the year ahead. But the remarks were not the victory lap some had expected. Biden briefly mentioned the progress the nation had made – with COVID-19 no longer controlling Americans' lives, children back in school and unemployment at low levels.
But he did not mention a single political win of his own.
Biden, a devout Catholic, talked about the meaning of Christmas for Christians, adding that their story also had universal messages of hope, community and compassion that resonate with people of all faiths, or no religious faith at all.
"My wish for you and for our nation, now and always, is that we will live in the light – a light of liberty and hope, of love and generosity, of kindness and compassion, of dignity and decency," Biden said.
The president and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to make a holiday visit Friday to patients and families at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Amid speculation over the name and election symbol of Tamil megastar Rajinikanth's new political party, his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram has asked the actor's fans to wait for the official announcement.The Rajini Makkal Mandram said some media outlets have put out news reports citing the Election Commission's statement to the effect that the name of symbol of a political party mentioned in that belonged to the Mandram.Till there is an official announcement from the leadership the Rajini Makkal Mandram fans are requested wait, the outfit said in a statement.According to reports citing the EC, Rajinikanth has named his party as Makkal Sevai Katchi (People's Service Party) with the 'autorickshaw' as its election symbol.The actor's fans are happy as Rajinikanth had played the role of a Mumbai don-turned-Chennai autorickshaw driver in his mega hit movie 'Baashha' that was released in 1995.One of the popular songs in that movie was 'Naan autokaaran, autokaaran, naalum therinja routukaaran' and if the speculation about the his party's poll symbol turns out to be true then the song is expected to be leveraged by his party members to a great extent.It is a different matter that Chennai autorickshaw drivers are notorious for charging high rates.Several years back in his movie 'Annamalai' that was released in 1992, Rajinikanth as a milkman rode a bicycle.During the 1996 Assembly polls, Rajinikanth voiced his support to DMK-TMC combine.
At that time the TMC was allotted the bicycle symbol and the Annamalai movie song 'Rekka Katti Parakkudaiya Annamalai Cycle' became popular once again across the state.Confirming his plunge into Tamil Nadu politics on December 3, Rajinikanth said he would announce the party details on December 31.He had said that the time has come to change the fate of Tamil Nadu, while political and governmental change in the state is important and a compulsion.The actor sounded his poll bugle against the ruling AIADMK as well as against the major opposition party DMK.Rajinikanth said he would float his political party in January 2021 and an announcement in that regard will be made on December 31, 2020.Speaking to reporters here, Rajinikanth had said: "The time has come to change the fate of Tamil Nadu.
Political and government change in the state is important.
If not now, it is not possible ever.
"He appealed to all to support him to bring in the change.
"I am just a small instrument in the change.
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