WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation Saturday night for the first time after winning the White House, delivering a message of unity and healing to a bitterly divided nation.

Biden promised the captivated crowd of supporters at his campaign headquarters “to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify."

"To make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans," Biden said.

"This is the time to heal in America," he added, amid a chorus of blaring car horns and screams.