Donald Trump Urges People To ‘Gather’ This Thanksgiving As Joe Biden Encourages Americans To Stay Home And Stay Safe
President Donald Trump urged Americans to “gather” together this Thanksgiving despite the recent spike in COVID-19 cases and new lockdown measures. In his Thanksgiving proclamation, he encouraged Americans to gather and give thanks: “I encourage all Americans to gather, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanks to God for our many blessings,” he said in a statement, according to The Daily Mail.
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Trump will be spending the holiday at the White House after canceling plans to travel to Mar-a-Lago, his residence in Palm Beach, Fla., where he usually spends Thanksgiving with his family. Meanwhile, Biden is spending the holiday in his vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware, where he and his wife Jill will be hosting a scaled-back holiday dinner with their kids.
President-elect Joe Biden has advised people to stay home, acknowledging the sacrifice and pain of not being able to be with one’s family. ‘This year, we’re asking Americans to forego many of the traditions that have long made this holiday such a special one,’ Biden said in his remarks. ‘For our family, we’ve had a 40 plus year tradition of traveling over Thanksgiving, a tradition we’ve kept every year save one – the year after our son Beau died. But this year, we’ll be staying home,’ Biden said.
He has also offered another message to Americans around the world on Thanksgiving Day. Here’s what he had to say:
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