Biden marks 500,000 COVID deaths, vows ‘nation will smile again’
Posted on AllSides February 22nd, 2021
From The Right
President Biden on Monday held a moment of silence for the 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 after the US passed what he called the “truly grim, heartbreaking milestone.”
His address was largely aimed at the families that have suffered loss in his 6 p.m. televised speech from the White House. Afterward he hosted a candlelit outdoor commemoration with first lady Jill, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff.
“500,071 dead. That’s more Americans who have died in one year in this pandemic than in World War...