Biden Touts Accomplishments In Farewell Letter

President 👤Joe Biden is bidding farewell to his time in office and called his 50-year-long political career the greatest privilege of his life.

In a letter from the White House released Wednesday, Biden said the U.S. “stood in a winter of peril and a winter of possibilities” four years ago when he became president, adding that Americans came together and “braved through it.”

“Four years ago, we stood in a winter of peril and a winter of possibilities,” Biden said, “We were in the grip of the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War. But we came together as Americans, and we braved through it. We emerged stronger, more prosperous, and more secure.”

According to Biden, during his time in office his administration created 16.6 million new jobs, lowered inflation, shrank the racial wealth gap, lowered the cost of prescription medications for seniors, put in the “most significant” climate law, and gun safety laws – adding the violent crime rate in the U.S. is now at a 50-year low.

“I ran for president because I believed that the soul of America was at stake,” Biden said, “The very nature of who we are was at stake. And that’s still the case. America is an idea stronger than any army and larger than any ocean. It’s the most powerful idea in the history of the world. That idea is that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“We’ve never fully lived up to this sacred idea, but we’ve never walked away from it either. And I do not believe the American people will walk away from it now.”

In a detailed summary of progress made by his administration, which was prepared by Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden touted his accomplishments during his time in office.