In an interview with NBC News, First Lady Jill Biden called on Americans to “come together” amid deep political divisions, stressing that “we want a peaceful transfer of power.”
“I think we should come together. I think we should vote,” he said. “As Americans, you know it’s a right that’s been given to us, and I think we should exercise it, and then we should have a peaceful transfer of power.”
Former President Donald Trump has been spread many times false claims He said the 2020 election was “rigged” and defended the people who rioted at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. accept the results this November’s election.
Biden responded to a question about what he would say to Americans during a toxic campaign season.
Just on Sunday, Trump became the target of a second an apparent assassination attempt. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have expressed serious concerns about the rise in political violence.
In an interview, Biden said both she and her husband were “absolutely at peace” with the president’s historic decision to withdraw from the race. in July.
“I’m completely relaxed. So is he,” he said in an interview.
When asked if she was relieved to have the burden off her husband’s shoulders for the rest of the campaign season, she replied, “Yeah, I guess so.”
“I’m very used to seeing Joe work in government, and I think that’s always been the role that he’s played and played, and I think he’s going to miss that role, but I think he’s done a great job.”
He expressed concern about deep divisions within the country, but said his outlook was promising.
“I think there’s still a lot of hard things going on in the world,” he said. “But I’m hoping that over time it will taper off a little bit and someone else will take the reins.”
The interview came during a tour of the White House’s new interactive exhibit, The People’s House. Jill Biden helped curate the exhibit with the White House Historical Society. The broadcast of the tour will be broadcast on “Saturday TODAY”.
“It’s just what an educator would want,” said Biden, a college educator. “Because that’s how people learn: they learn through the five senses, and they don’t just sit with someone and talk to them.”
The interactive exhibition opens to the public on Monday.