In my final speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, I encouraged my colleagues to come out of their foxholes—the foxholes we dig into—to the political center, where the majority of Americans are, and discuss our collective path forward. Unfortunately, I watched in the years that followed as both parties continued to drift away from the middle toward the extremes.
When I endorsed my good friend Joe Biden for the presidency in 2020, I believed the country desperately needed his pragmatism and a return to normalcy.
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