Biden Says His Family Will Stay Apart at Christmas

President-elect Joe Biden warned the “darkest days” of the coronavirus pandemic were still to come and called on Congress to be ready early next year to produce another stimulus package that took them months to complete this year.

“Our darkest days in the battle against Covid are ahead of us, not behind us,” he said at a year-end news conference in Wilmington, Delaware.

Biden said the country needs to support state and local governments, which have seen resources plunge during the pandemic, and also offer other economic stimulus.

“Congress did its job this week and I can -- and I must -- ask them to do it again next year,” he said.

Congress passed the second-biggest economic rescue package in U.S. history as part of a massive $900 billion year-end spending bill Monday.

In addition to funding government operations for the rest of the fiscal year, the legislation will provide aid for small businesses, supplemental unemployment benefits and $600 stimulus payments to most Americans and their children starting as soon as next week. It also includes money for schools, airlines and for distribution of vaccines.

More than 18 million Americans have been infected with the virus and more than 321,000 have died.

Vaccines started being deployed last week with first responders, lawmakers and some elderly getting the first round of injections. Biden, 78, was vaccinated on live TV on Monday. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will get hers next week

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[hotrodrope]

Let's see his son is in rehab and the other is dead, Biden is sick no family huh

[Aaron-quii]

He will be spending time with children instead... pizza party

[GUNMETALGUYUSA]

Of course dark days are ahead, look what happened Nov. 3, 2020.

[bhotscaball]

Joe in the basement, hunter in attic, Jill in the toilet

[flibble]

Him and hunter might get the same prison cell. Who knows.

[jerrybell]

It's too late you've already infected them with your disies

[VideoOpinion]

Biden says his family will smell a fart at Christmas

[michelleruiz]

I BELIEVED EVERY WORD U HAVE SAID PREZ BIDEN U N HVP HARRIS R WIT U ON THE DESICIONS U N VP HARRIS R MAKING ITS WHAT IS BEST 4 R PPL IM DOWN WIT PREZ N VP KAMALA

[ecurewitz]

thank you President Biden for leading by example

[MrJohnnymarlboro]

Guessing who can’t speak.... Joey b man..

[ssclary]

lol, dude has “Liar” written across his forehead