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| Biden and Harris say Trump has left America's reputation 'in tatters' at first event as running mates – live | |
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| Democrats hold event in Wilmington, Delaware, without an audience | |
| “I want to make it unmistakably clear that I am protecting people from evictions,” Trump said. He is not. | |
| Fact check: Trump’s executive order does not reinstate eviction moratoriums, or provide financial aid to Americans struggling to make rent amid the economic crisis. | |
| “They should do that race over,” Trump said of the election that delivered Democratic representative Carolyn Maloney victory in New York, baselessly alleging “ballot frauds”. | |
| The president’s misinformation about mail-in voting and his questioning of election results that favor Democrats could be a preview of what’s to come in November. “It will be the greatest rigged election in history,” Trump said. “This will be one of the greatest frauds in history.” | |
| Trump is saying that Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are “holding the American people hostage” over “their radical leftwing agenda”. | |
| In fact, Pelosi and Schumer compromised in their ask for a coronavirus relief package, but the Trump administration abandoned negotiations and instead sought to legislate through executive orders. | |
| Taking issue with Democrats’ ask for more funding to bolster voting systems ahead of the elections, the president also launched into his usual lies about mail-in voting, falsely claiming that the system is marred by “fraud and corruption”. | |
| The president has begun by discussing the economy and indicating that the US is poised to help Europe. | |
| Most European countries have been much better than the US at suppressing the virus. | |
| Yesterday, I wrote a bit more about Harris’ friendship Beau Biden, which both Harris and Joe Biden discussed moments ago. | |
| In her memoir, Harris called Beau an “incredible friend and colleague” who became a close collaborator. “There were periods, when I was taking heat, that Beau and I talked every day, sometimes multiple times a day,” she wrote. “We had each other’s backs.” | |
| After Beau’s death, Harris said at the 2016 California Democratic convention that the Biden family “truly represents our nation’s highest ideals, a powerful belief in the nobility of public service”. Joe Biden, she said, “has given so much to our country and on top of everything he has accomplished, he gave to us my dear friend Beau.” | |
| The elder Biden endorsed Harris’s Senate campaign that year, and she endorsed him for president this year after dropping out of the race. In both cases, they mentioned Beau Biden as a reason they trusted and respected each other. | |
| On public health, Harris drew a distinction between the Obama/Biden administration’s response to Ebola and the Trump administration’s response to coronavirus. | On public health, Harris drew a distinction between the Obama/Biden administration’s response to Ebola and the Trump administration’s response to coronavirus. |
| “Remember Ebola? Barack Obama and Joe Biden did their job. Only two people in the US died – two,” Harris said. That may not be an entirely fair comparison – Ebola nowhere near as easily transmittable as coronavirus – but it is true that Trump gutted pandemic-preparedness systems that Obama built up in response to Ebola. | “Remember Ebola? Barack Obama and Joe Biden did their job. Only two people in the US died – two,” Harris said. That may not be an entirely fair comparison – Ebola nowhere near as easily transmittable as coronavirus – but it is true that Trump gutted pandemic-preparedness systems that Obama built up in response to Ebola. |
| Biden, as I noted earlier, highlighted the significance of Harris’ nomination as vice-president. “This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little Black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued,” he said. “Today, just maybe, they’re seeing themselves for the first time in a new way.” | Biden, as I noted earlier, highlighted the significance of Harris’ nomination as vice-president. “This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little Black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued,” he said. “Today, just maybe, they’re seeing themselves for the first time in a new way.” |
| Later, Harris said she also respects Biden as the only man to have served under a black president and the only man to choose a black VP running mate. | Later, Harris said she also respects Biden as the only man to have served under a black president and the only man to choose a black VP running mate. |
| Notably missing at this historic campaign event: applause. | Notably missing at this historic campaign event: applause. |
| Both Biden and Harris were tasked with delivering rousing speeches without any cheers of agreement from a live audience after they delivered their biggest lines and rallying cries. | Both Biden and Harris were tasked with delivering rousing speeches without any cheers of agreement from a live audience after they delivered their biggest lines and rallying cries. |
| Pointing to the health and economic crisis that has gripped the country, Harris said: “This is what happens when we elect a guy who just isn’t up for the job. Our country ends in tatters and so does our reputation around the world.” | Pointing to the health and economic crisis that has gripped the country, Harris said: “This is what happens when we elect a guy who just isn’t up for the job. Our country ends in tatters and so does our reputation around the world.” |
| Both Harris and Biden have attacked Trump on his administration’s response to the pandemic. | Both Harris and Biden have attacked Trump on his administration’s response to the pandemic. |
| “This virus has impacted every country. But there’s a reason it has hit America worse than any other advanced nation,” she said. “It’s because of Trump’s failure to take it seriously from the start.” | “This virus has impacted every country. But there’s a reason it has hit America worse than any other advanced nation,” she said. “It’s because of Trump’s failure to take it seriously from the start.” |
| Earlier, Joe Biden, who introduced Harris, praised her “seriousness of purpose and of mind”. | Earlier, Joe Biden, who introduced Harris, praised her “seriousness of purpose and of mind”. |
| November will be “a life-changing election for this nation”, Biden said. “The choice we make this November is going to determine the future of America for a very, very long time.” | November will be “a life-changing election for this nation”, Biden said. “The choice we make this November is going to determine the future of America for a very, very long time.” |
| Harris, the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica is not only a historic choice, “she’s ready to do this job on day one”, Biden said. | Harris, the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica is not only a historic choice, “she’s ready to do this job on day one”, Biden said. |
| Harris has begun by discussing her friendship with Beau Biden, Joe Biden’s late son, who served as attorney general of Delaware while Harris was the attorney general of California. | Harris has begun by discussing her friendship with Beau Biden, Joe Biden’s late son, who served as attorney general of Delaware while Harris was the attorney general of California. |
| Both Harris and Joe Biden have talked today about how they got to know each other through Beau. Harris told Biden she is “so grateful to become a part of your extended family”. | Both Harris and Joe Biden have talked today about how they got to know each other through Beau. Harris told Biden she is “so grateful to become a part of your extended family”. |
| “In the midst of the Great Recession, Beau and I spoke on the phone practically every day,” she said. “I learned quickly that Beau was the kind of guy that inspired people to be a better version of themselves. He really was the best of us.” | “In the midst of the Great Recession, Beau and I spoke on the phone practically every day,” she said. “I learned quickly that Beau was the kind of guy that inspired people to be a better version of themselves. He really was the best of us.” |