Biden Uses Gettysburg Backdrop to Say He Can Unite the Nation

  • Quoting Lincoln, Biden says he’ll end divisiveness if elected
  • Biden lead widening in polls in must-win Pennsylvania
Joe Biden speaks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 6.Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stood in front of the Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg on Tuesday to offer a pledge to unify the country as his campaign entered its final four weeks and his support appears to be growing.

“Today, once again, we are a house divided,” Biden said using a phrase made famous by President Abraham Lincoln. “This must end.”