“I’ll listen to the scientists and will be prepared to take the necessary steps to save lives,” the Democratic nominee revealed to ABC’s David Muir. Biden would shut down US in order to stop coronavirus across the nation.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden said that as president he would be set up to shut the United States down again to alleviate the spread of the coronavirus if that is the thing that researchers suggested.
“I would shut it down. I would listen to the scientists,” Biden told “ABC World News Tonight” anchor David Muir in a clip broadcasted Friday, ahead of a complete interview, which was aired Sunday and furthermore features vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
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.”
He proceeded: “That is the fundamental flaw of this administration’s thinking to begin with. 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.”
“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
President Donald Trump, then, keeps on confronting across-the-board critical analysis for his administration’s deplorable response to the pandemic.
Trump took the risks lightly which were caused by COVID-19 for quite a long time at the beginning of the pandemic as cases flooded around the world. He later pushed for the untimely facilitating of lockdown limitations, against the suggestion of public health experts, in an offer to facilitate the economy ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The president has likewise advertised problematic medicines for the ailment and sent blended messages on the need to wear face covers to forestall its spread.
The infection has now taken in excess of 170,000 individuals lives across the nation.
In other clips of the interview, both Biden and Harris scrutinized and excused Trump’s recent slams on Harris, which have included calling her “nasty” and a “madwoman,” and inclining toward a bigot birther 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. “That is about neglect, negligence and harm to the American people.”
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
