Former President George W. Bush called for an end to partisanship in the nation's continued battle against the coronavirus pandemic, urging Americans to "remember that empathy and simple kindness are essential powerful tools of national recovery." "We are not partisan combatants," he said in a video message posted by the George W. Bush Presidential Center on Twitter Saturday. "We're human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God. We rise or fall together. And we're determined to rise." The former commander in chief's message comes as the country grapples with more than 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 66,500 deaths, according to the latest tally by Johns Hopkins University. 📸: Getty Images #GeorgeWBush #President #coronavirus #uspolitics #politics