"Sad" Covid Became A Political Issue In US: Joe Biden's Call For Unity
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US President Joe Biden said, "I know Covid-19 has been very divisive. In this country, it's become a political issue... A sad, sad commentary. It shouldn't be, but it has been."
President Joe Biden said Thursday the United States' Covid-19 response shouldn't be politically divisive and that he hoped for bipartisan backing for his plan to tackle the pandemic over winter.
"It's a plan that I think should unite us," he said, speaking from the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health in a Washington suburb.
"I know Covid-19 has been very divisive. In this country, it's become a political issue... A sad, sad commentary. It shouldn't be, but it has been."
Biden's remarks come as the Omicron variant, first reported in South Africa last week, continued to spread globally.
