Biden pens letter to fellow Delawareans
One week after addressing the nation for the first time as president-elect from Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden has penned an open letter to his home state published by the Delaware News Journal, thanking its denizens for helping him get to the Oval Office after nearly 50 years in public life.
“This election was won by bringing Americans from all walks of life together. It was won because of the hard work and faith of so many people across this country. It was won with a promise to restore the soul of this nation and build back better than ever. However, we never could have done it without you -- without Delaware,” Biden wrote in the letter, which the publication said it asked him to write.
As he often did on the trail, Biden spoke about the values he learned growing up, and the president-elect offered the same unity pitch he delivered last week.
“Our country has never needed the values I learned here in Delaware more. That’s why, although I am a proud Democrat, I promise you, I will be an American President, and work as hard for those who didn’t vote for me, as those who did,” he said.
-ABC News' Molly Nagle
