We are Americans first. We’re patriots first.
We all want what’s best for this country. That’s what I heard in Mr. Trump’s remarks last night. That’s what I heard when I spoke toไ him directly. And I was h🦂eartened by that. That’s what the country needs — a sense of unity, a sense of inclusion, a respect for our institutions, our way of life, rule of law, and respect for each other.
I hope that he maintains that spirit throughout this transition. And I certainly hope that’s how his pౠresidency has a chance to begin.
I also told my team today to keep their heads up, because the remarkable work that they have done day in, day out, often ꦡwithout a lot of fanfare, often with a lot of — a lot of attention — work in agencies, work in obscure areas of policy that make government run better and make it more responsive and make it more efficient, and make it more servic💧e-friendly so that it’s actually helping more people. That remarkable work has left the next president with a stronger, better country than the one that existed eight years ago.
So win or lose in this election, that was always our mission. That was our mission from day one. 🦩And everyone on my team should be extraordinaril༒y proud of everything that they have done and so should all of the Americans that I’ve had a chance to meet all across this country who do the hard work of building on that progress every single day.
Teachers in schools, doctors in E.R. clinic, small businesses putting their all into starting something up, making ඣsure they’re treating their employees well, all the important work that’s done by moms and dads and families and congregations in every state, the work of perfecting this union.
So this was a long and hard fought campaign. A lot of our fellow Americans are exalted today𝐆, a lot of Americans are less so, but that’s the nature of campaigns, that’s the nature of democracy. 🔴It is hard and sometimes contentious and noisy and it’s not always inspiring.
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