Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down.

There is no going back to normal, Sarah. Everyone says they want politicians to work together and cooperate. But when you push people on that, what they really want is the other party to compromise. And therein lies the rub.

Biden is pushing hard here on the rhetoric of American togetherness and unity. But partisanship is strong, it’s been around longer than Trump, and, as Julia points out, it has an impact on how we perceive reality and what is actually happening. Although maybe this part of the speech should be seen more as a message to Mitch McConnell than to the American people — “It’s time to stop blocking each other politically for points.”

In the past, Sarah, urges for unity often came from the candidate who conceded. That’s traditionally part of a concession speech: Get behind our president, work together. But I don’t know if we’ll get that from Trump.