Thank you for the honour.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Every elected president since FDR
has been person of the year at some
point during their term.
This is the first time we've also
named a vice president as a person
of the year.
Person of the Year is not just
about the year that was, but about
where we're headed and
the next four years are going to be
an enormous test of them
and all of us to see
whether they can bring about the
unity they've promised.
We're at a moment where we're being
confronted by many crises
that have converged.
We're talking about a public health
crisis.
We are in the midst of an economic
crisis, a long overdue reckoning
on racial injustice and a climate
crisis.
We got a lot of things that we need
to handle and we multitask to
address them all.
I think this is an opportunity
to establish
that out of our diversity comes
enormous, enormous strength.
We're seeing all over this nation,
all cities and all parts of the
country, indeed, across
the world, an outpouring
of joy, of hope,
renewed faith, and tomorrow
bring a better day.