Joe Biden delivered his final speech as president while encouraging listeners to hope for a ” better day to come” as he vowed he was “not going” away.
On the day before leaving office and ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Biden spoke at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday. He urged the crowd to “keep the faith” during his remarks honoring civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
“How can faith get a person, get a nation through what’s to come?” he said as he invoked the Christian message of “resurrection and redemption.”
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“But this morning, I’d like to talk about the essential piece of redemption — the power of mercy and justice,” Biden went on. “We don’t turn on each other. We lean into each other. That’s the sacred covenant of our nation.”
The outgoing commander-in-chief took the opportunity to tout his recent string of pardons and commutations, describing it as a way to “show mercy” before elaborating on making “difficult” choices.
“These decisions are difficult. Some have never been done before. But in my experience, with my conscience, I believe, taken together, justice and mercy requires as a nation to bear witness; to see people’s pain, not to look away; and do the work to move pain to purpose, to show we can get a person, a nation, to a day of redemption,” he said.
“But we know the struggle toward redeeming the soul of this nation is difficult and ongoing, the distance is short between peril and possibility, but faith — faith teaches us the America of our dreams is always closer than we think. That’s the faith we must hold on to for the Saturdays to come,” Biden said.
“We must hold on to hope. We must stay engaged. We must always keep the faith in a better day to come,” he continued.
“I’m not going anywhere,” he said to applause. “I’m not kidding.”
“I’m in no ways tired,” Biden emphasized as he thanked the crowd.
Social media users on X reacted to the end of the Biden era.
This sounds like an insurrection and a threat to our Democracy
— Cash Loren (@CashLorenShow) January 20, 2025
And that’s it… Fade to black… CUT! That’s a wrap, folks! pic.twitter.com/cEAdfYbcrS
— The Redeemed Artist (@Peace_Grenade81) January 20, 2025
Poor guy… he’s so lost. Now he can sit on the beach and we won’t have to wonder who’s running the country
— Dawn #TheTruthMatters (@Dawn_Here_) January 20, 2025
If Trump had said this, the media would definitely be saying that Trump was refusing to leave the White House.
— Charlotte Laws (@CharlotteLaws) January 20, 2025
— No Context Reply Guy (@nocntxtreplyguy) January 20, 2025
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