it's a point that nelson peltz made in passing, there were people voting maybe for policy than for the president himself what is the right tone for the new president, for biden, for everybody else that suggests everything that you're saying, kind of brings out the best of us, brings people together and kind of avoids the sense of retribution, if you want to call it that. >> yeah, and i watched nelson's -- i don't know him i'd like to get to know him after i watched his interview yesterday. i think he's exceptional he here's the mamerica i think has done great things. we will put aside differences, we'll have great debates but once a decision is made, everybody works together to go down the same path the blame game is over, pointing of the fingers has to be over. president-elect biden has the opportunity to be all inclusive, including the 70 million people that voted for trump it really doesn't matter because as he said, and i believe that he feels this way in his heart, he is the president for every american nancy pelosi is the speaker of the house for every american and here's what i

. >>> straight ahead, why nelson peltz is apologizing for voting for trump in november.ext we're excited to do business with you but before we sign i gotta ask... sure, anything. we searched you online and maybe you can explain this? i can't believe that garbage is still coming in. that is so false! frustrated with your online search results? call reputation defender today to join tens of thousands who've improved their online reputation. get your free reputation report card at reputationdefender.com or call 1-877-866-8555. >>> all day on cnbc we have been covering business and wall street reaction to the reaction of yesterday nelson peltz, long time supporter of president trump was on our show joined us and apologized for voting for trump back in november >> what happened yesterday is a disgrace and as an american i am embarrassed. i didn't vote for trump in 2016. i voted for him in this past election, november today i'm sorry i did that i supported many of his policies which i still think were good ones, trade efforts, economic policies, i think they are good for our c

. >> that's nelson peltz on "closing bell" yesterday adding to the likes of chris christie, bill barri haley, john kelly, and so on. >> right i thought -- it was tough -- it was painful. nelson did a lot of people wanted do saying, listen, i voted for the wrong person the 74 million people out there, i have to keep mentioning this 74 million people is not an aberration, and if you're going to unite the country a la what lincoln would say to do, you have to figure out how to bring 74 million people together to the party with solutions. >> i don't i don't. it's beyond that as you know it's people beyond our era it's different realities, different facts so to speak, or at least -- >> but lincoln -- >> i don't know how you do it. but lincoln wasn't dealing with facebook and twitter and any other social media platforms that were giving people exactly what they wanteded and nothing else. >> well, my hope is that fewer people die of covid than they did in the civil war. >> we can go around debating stephen douglas, you know. >> frederick douglass would be better but a lot of people showed up