WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on July 14 addressed the nation from the Oval Office, highlighting a need to “lower the temperature in our politics” in the wake of the assassination attempt against his 2024 political rival, former President Donald Trump.

“We are not enemies. We’re neighbors or friends, coworkers, citizens, and most importantly, we’re fellow Americans,” the president said. “We must stand together.”

This was his first Oval Office address since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel last year. He spoke for just over 6 minutes.

He said the political rhetoric in the country “has gotten very heated.”

“It’s time to cool it down,” the president said.

The shooting, he noted, calls on Americans to “take a step back, take stock of where we are, how we go forward from here.”

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