Democratic nominee Joe Biden said that as president he wouldn’t mind to shut the United States down again to curb the spread of the COVID-19 if the scientists say it was necessary.
“I would shut it down. I would listen to the scientists,” Biden told “ABC World News Tonight” anchor David Muir in a video released Friday ahead of a full joint interview alongside vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris to be aired Sunday.
“I would shut it down. I would listen to the scientists.”
Joe Biden tells @DavidMuir in an exclusive interview that as president, he would shut the country down to stop the spread of COVID-19 if the move was recommended by scientists. https://t.co/2A9r07d7EC pic.twitter.com/Ib99cshlSI
— ABC News (@ABC) August 21, 2020
Former vice-president Joe Biden said he was “prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus.”
“That is the fundamental flaw of this administration’s thinking to begin with,” the Democratic presidential candidate continued. “In order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and people employed, you have to fix the virus, you have to deal with the virus.”
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continues to face widespread attacks for his administration’s catastrophic handling of the public health crisis.
Trump belittled the danger of coronavirus for months as cases spread worldwide. He later pushed for the premature relaxing of lockdown rules in an attempt to boost the economy ahead of the 2020 election.
The president has also boosted false treatments for the disease and sent mixed messages on the need to wear masks to curb the spread.
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COVID-19 has now TOOK more than 170,000 lives nationwide.
In other previous videos of the interview, both Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris attacked and ignored Trump’s recent critics on Harris. The president has called Harris “nasty” and a “madwoman” and also leaned into a racist disturbing conspiracy theory about her.
“I think that there is so much about what comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth that is designed to distract the American people from what he is doing every day,” Harris said of Trump’s insults. “That is about neglect, negligence and harm to the American people.”
“No president has ever used those words,” added Biden.
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EXCLUSIVE: Asked about Pres. Trump’s insults against her, Sen. Kamala Harris tells @DavidMuir, “There is so much about what comes out of Donald Trump's mouth that is designed to distract the American people from what he is doing.” https://t.co/IQsUqgpryX pic.twitter.com/8EvCPv73T9
— ABC News (@ABC) August 22, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden to @DavidMuir on Pres. Trump’s attacks on Sen. Kamala Harris: “No President has ever used those words.” https://t.co/IQsUqgpryX pic.twitter.com/Xr6faveHQX
— ABC News (@ABC) August 22, 2020
