.
@JoeBiden
fires back at Trump this morning on
@FoxNewsSunday
:
"Is that the stable genius saying that? Give me a break ... I can hardly wait to debate him on-stage. I want people to see me standing next to him and him standing next to me. We'll see who's sleepy."
.
@JoeBiden
in Durham, NC ——>
"The President knew how dangerous this virus was and he hid it from the country ... he didn’t tell us, just his friends on Wall Street.
That’s why they made so much money, by ‘selling short.’ Well who got sold short? Y'all got sold short!"
Well, would you look at that...
"Kayleigh McEnany cast Florida ballots in 2018 using her parents’ address in Tampa, even though she lived in Washington, D.C., and held a New Jersey driver’s license."
Navarro admits this morning that the CDC under Trump, Pence, and Azar’s leadership miserably failed to develop a covid test quickly.
This is the first time the administration has finally owned up to their horrible record on testing.
It’s far too late.
.
@JoeBiden
: "For President Trump to attack my faith is shameful. It’s beneath the office he holds and it’s beneath the dignity the American people so rightly expect and deserve from their leaders."
The incomparable
@JohnFetterman
on the laughably dumb lawsuit by TX and other GOP AGs:
"Let's be honest, this is all just an arms race among Republicans to see who can simp harder for the President"
WATCH: Dr. Sanjay Gupta says Dr. Fauci told him the new CDC guidelines were approved while he was under general anesthesia.
Gupta: "This is worrisome, this is a clear schism"
.
@JoeBiden
fact checks Trump on his lies about defunding the police:
"I don't want to defund police departments, I think they need more help ... this is about protecting people, everybody"
"The only guy that actually put in a bill to defund the police is Donald Trump"
This is the unifying leadership America needs right now:
"I'm running as a Democrat, but I'm going to be everyone's president.
I'm not going to be a Democratic president, I'm going to be America's president."
.
@JoeBiden
in Cleveland, OH bringing the heat >>>
"Last night Trump said he was going to fire Dr. Fauci. Isn't that wonderful?
I've got a better idea, elect me and I'm going to HIRE Dr. Fauci and we're gonna FIRE Donald Trump."
Stunning report from the NYT detailing just how badly Trump bungled getting usable coronavirus tests and its broader impact:
“The result was a lost month, when the world’s richest country ... squandered its best chance of containing the virus’s spread.”
.
@JoeBiden
on Trump's disgusting comments about veterans:
"How would you feel if you had a kid in Afghanistan right now? If you lost a son, daughter, husband, wife?"
"I've never been as disappointed in my whole career with a leader ... it's absolutely damnable, it's a disgrace"
WATCH: Former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly on Gen. Jim Mattis' comment that
@realDonaldTrump
is the "the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people."
"I agree."
This is absolutely disgusting.
Governors on the front lines of this fight are pleading with Trump for help in securing life-saving ventilators and his response to say that they're playing politics.
The President claims people in the dark shadows who control the streets are really controlling Biden. He goes on to talk about a plane full of people wearing black uniforms but then says he can’t reveal anymore because it’s under investigation
WATCH:
@JoeBiden
blasts
@realDonaldTrump
for slandering doctors today by lying and accusing them of making up COVID-19 deaths:
"Doctors and nurses go to work every day to save lives. They do their jobs. Donald Trump should stop attacking them and do his job."
.
@JoeBiden
in Wisconsin ——>
"All his life, Donald Trump has been bailed out of any problem he’s ever faced.
But this was a crisis. A real crisis. A crisis that required serious presidential leadership, and he just wasn’t up to it.
He froze. He failed to act. He panicked"
.
@JoeBiden
on Trump's reprehensible and divisive behavior:
"It is not presidential. It is not consistent with what other presidents do. It's not consistent with our values. It's not consistent with who we are as a people. This president steps across the line constantly"
A senior Trump administration official to
@axios
on just how badly they botched the coronavirus response:
“By waiting to fully appreciate and acknowledge this as a once-in-a-lifetime crisis, this was a colossal missed opportunity"
NEW:
@JoeBiden
blasts Trump's attack on Goodyear ——>
“Goodyear employs thousands of American workers ... to President Trump, those workers and their jobs aren’t a source of pride, just collateral damage in yet another one of his political attacks"
.
@JoeBiden
taking Trump to the woodshed in PA >>>
"Now we find out Trump has a secret bank account in China. Well guess what? He's paid 50 times more taxes in Beijing than he's paid in America!"
.
@JoeBiden
on the values he learned in Scranton, and Trump's Park Avenue economics:
“These are the guys who thought they were better than me, better than us, because they had a lot of money.
Guys that inherited everything they've got, and still managed to squander it."
Trump spent two excruciating minutes tonight refusing to condemn QAnon — a deranged conspiracy theory that's been described by the FBI as a domestic terrorism threat.
Absolutely shameful.
.
@JoeBiden
on
@GMA
blasts Trump's lies on testing:
"The truth is the truth George, anyone can't get a test around the country ... he knew about this crisis all the way back in January and February and he's been incompetent in how he's responded to it."
New this morning —>
@JoeBiden
is up on the air in TX, NC, FL, and AZ with new TV and digital ads with a powerful message;
“We're all in this together. We'll fight this together, and together we'll emerge from this stronger than we were before we began."
🚨 Preliminary numbers from
@DataProgress
tonight: 51% think Biden won the debate, 39% think Trump did, 10% undecided (n=250 debate watchers). More tomorrow once we finish fielding!
NEW: Colin Powell is backing
@JoeBiden
for President, joining a growing number of Republicans and military leaders who are denouncing Trump’s divisive leadership —->
Pennsylvania note: Lackawanna County (Scranton), an ancestral Dem stronghold, swung hard toward Trump in 2016. Clinton carried by just 3 points. This year, w/ 99% reporting, Biden carried it by 8 points.
Trump refuses to accept the findings of the HHS Inspector General **that he appointed in January** that there are "severe shortages of testing supplies and extended waits for results" as well as "widespread shortages of PPE"
.
@JoeBiden
to
@DanaBashCNN
on Trump's criticism of Biden wearing a mask:
"He's a fool, an absolute fool to talk that way"
"It's costing people's lives"
.
@JoeBiden
on his plan to ensure the wealthy and big businesses pay their fair share ——>
"I'm not punishing anybody, this is about everybody paying their fair share."
"We have to provide [small businesses] with the ability to re-open, we have to provide more help for them."
The close to
@JoeBiden
's remarks tonight:
"One nation under God, united in our love for America, united in our love for each other.
Love is more powerful than hate. Hope is more powerful than fear. And light is more powerful than dark.
This is our moment, this is our mission"
NEW from
@JoeBiden
to
@thedailybeast
:
“During this outbreak, when health care coverage is more important than ever, Donald Trump is refusing to give those who have been uninsured access to the best resource we have: the ACA's marketplaces”
.
@RichCordray
is one of the most talented and honorable public servants I've ever met.
At the CFPB, he worked with
@JoeBiden
to protect consumers and make sure that the middle class was given a fair shot.
I'm thrilled to have him on
#TeamJoe
!
.
@JoeBiden
in Wilmington ——>
"We are still in the midst of the worst global health crisis in a century — a crisis that has already over 200,000 lives.
And yet, the Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court right now to eliminate the entire Affordable Care Act"
.
@JoeBiden
: we need to listen to medical experts and follow their advice
@realDonaldTrump
: let's loosen restrictions by Easter because "I just thought it was a beautiful time"
Researchers never get the credit they deserve, but
@MeganApper
and her team were the real MVPs of the Biden campaign.
Most of their hits and saves will never be public (probably for the best...) but it helped make
@JoeBiden
the 46th President of the U.S.
Thank you!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
.
@JoeBiden
calls out Trump for buying China's spin and failing to prepare us --->
"The truth is Trump was praising the Chinese government and downplaying the threat to the American people as I warning that we need to get our people in China to see what is actually going on."
This is what a President sounds like ——>
"I'll say the American President, I represent all of you, whether you voted for me or against me.
I'm going to make sure you're represented, I'm going to give you hope."
NEW: Statement from
@JoeBiden
blasting Trump's shameful claim that health care workers are stealing masks --->
"Today’s conspiracy mongering from our President is among the most reckless and ignorant moves he has made during this crisis, and there have been many."
.
@JoeBiden
in GA:
"The Bible tells us that there is a time to break down, and a time to build up. And a time to heal. This is that time. God and history have called us to this moment and to this mission"
"A nation united. A nation strengthened. A nation healed. That is my goal"
A former top administration official on Trump’s mental acuity:
“He can’t focus, and he fidgets, and he gets confused ... he can barely focus on what’s in front of him and rarely would read”
“But he did love pictures”
With Rep. David Price's endorsement this morning,
@JoeBiden
now how the support of North Carolina's ENTIRE Democratic Congressional delegation ahead of Super Tuesday --->
GOP Gov
@AsaHutchinson
on Trump's debunked fraud claims:
"The courts have not seen any evidence of such extensive fraud that they have to change the result. Scores of courts have looked at that
That's why the GSA recognized
@JoeBiden
as President-elect. He is President-elect"
“Election officials in dozens of states representing both political parties said that there was no evidence that fraud or other irregularities played a role in the outcome of the presidential race”
Serious question: what is wrong with Ron Johnson?
"With 170,000 Americans Dead, This GOP Senator is Still Saying Seasonal Flu is ‘In Many Cases Deadlier’ Than Coronavirus"
Absolutely damning from
@politico
:
"The White House is steadily ramping down the urgency" to fight the coronavirus even though almost 1000 Americans are dying from it each day and cases are spiking across the country
So how’s the swamp draining coming along?
“$273 million in federal coronavirus aid was awarded to more than 100 companies that are owned or operated by major donors to President Donald Trump”
WATCH:
@BarackObama
hits Trump for his super-spreader rallies:
"There was just a study by Stanford University showing that thousands of people are likely to have gotten sick because of these rallies he's holding."
Everyone from
@SenSanders
to the
@USChamber
is praising President-elect Biden's rescue plan.
@JoeBiden
pledged to bring people together to curb the virus and get economic relief to the hardest hit families and communities, and that's exactly what he's doing:
"We applaud the President-elect’s focus on vaccinations and on economic sectors and families that continue to suffer as the pandemic rages on. We must defeat COVID before we can restore our economy... "
See our full statement here:
NEW: Statement from
@JoeBiden
following today's
@KFF
report that upwards of 27m Americans have lost health insurance --->
"President Trump has once again put politics ahead of the health care of Americans facing down the greatest public health crisis in a century"
.
@JoeBiden
on the stakes with the Supreme Court:
"In the middle of the worst global health crisis in living memory, Donald Trump is at the Supreme Court trying to strip health coverage away from tens of millions of families"
NEW:
@JoeBiden
on today's unemployment figures:
"Trump’s slow response to Coronavirus made the crisis worse, and he has spent the last three years favoring the super wealthy and corporations over working families and communities of color."
Just going to leave this here...
"Bernie Sanders once said that he was 'physically nauseated' by a speech made by President John F. Kennedy when Sanders was a young man, because Kennedy's "hatred for the Cuban Revolution [...] was so strong."
Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).
“Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who also attended the meeting, called the bill ‘the biggest investment in fighting climate change in our country’s history.’”
Even by the standards of the Trump campaign, this is absolutely disgusting:
@HuffPost
: "The ad uses an image of Biden, captured during an emotional moment as he spoke of the challenges of caring for sick family members, to label him as “weak.”"
"The White House detachment and nonchalance during the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak will be among the most costly decisions of any modern presidency."
NEW:
@JoeBiden
on Trump's hollow trade deal with China:
"Trump hasn’t even managed to secure half of China’s purchase commitments ... On every relevant metric since Trump took office, Beijing’s position is stronger and America’s is weaker"
.
@JoeBiden
is taking no prisoners >>>
"Donald Trump keeps telling us what a great 'JOBS' President he is
*makes sign of the cross*
Here’s the truth: Donald Trump is going to be the first President in 90 years to finish his term in office with FEWER jobs than when he started"
.
@JoeBiden
on
@Morning_Joe
--->
"What bothers me so much is the President of the United States doesn't take responsibility. The President acts like nothing is his fault, nothing is his responsibility."
.
@JoeBiden
today on Trump's assault on our health care:
"There’s nothing more personal to American families than their health care, and the health care of their loved ones ... And yet, today, President Trump is on a single-minded crusade to strip Americans of their health care."
.
@JohnKasich
: "I know
@JoeBiden
is a good man, a man of faith, a unifier, someone who understands the hopes and dreams of the common man and woman — a man who can help us see the humanity in each other."
A Republican Governor on Trump's claim yesterday that coronavirus testing is no longer a problem:
"That's just not true ... no state has enough testing"
NEW: Statement from
@KBeds
on today's stunning
@nytimes
report about Trump's failure on COVID-19:
“Instead of strong leadership in a moment of national crisis, Trump gave us chaos, excuses, and politically motivated attacks."
🔥🔥 from
@JoeBiden
tonight with
@chriscuomo
:
"He is the commander-in-chief, he should be taking full responsibility, not blaming everyone. It's always somebody else's fault. He's the commander-in-chief, he should organize this."
.
@KamalaHarris
on Trump's failure on China and COVID-19 ——>
"Right at the moment that we needed Donald Trump to be tough on the Chinese government, he caved."
"Donald Trump stood idly by, and it was a deadly decision ... Donald Trump froze, he was scared."
While Trump is lying about New Yorkers stealing and hoarding masks to cover up his incompetence in handling this crisis,
@JoeBiden
is demanding that we invoke the Defense Production Act and use every tool available to get masks to first responders --->
.
@washingtonpost
: “Nearly 500 retired senior military officers, as well as former Cabinet secretaries, service chiefs and other officials, have signed an open letter in support of former vice president Joe Biden”
Trump's DC swamp in action --->
The biggest recipient of PPP funds is the owner of luxury hotels who hired lobbyists close to the administration and donated 200k to Trump's re-election.
They got $126m while countless small businesses got nothing
NEW from
@JoeBiden
on Trump's attempt in CA v. TX to roll back the ACA --->
"Today’s efforts to destroy every aspect of the ACA are yet another horrifying example of Trump’s callous disregard for the struggles of everyday people all across the country."
.
@SecYellen
on
@TODAYshow
:
“When you have a 3.5% unemployment rate and 300,000 jobs created a month for the last three or four months, or longer, that is not what most people think of as a recession.”
NEW:
@JoeBiden
slams Trump in new statement as U.S. COVID-19 cases pass two million:
“Just like Donald Trump could not wish the disease away in April, or tweet it away in May, he can’t ignore it away in June"
🚨🚨
@ChrisChristie
on whether it's time for Trump's legal challenges to end:
"Yes ... the conduct of the President's legal team has been a national embarrassment"
"If you're unwilling to come forward and present the evidence, it must mean the evidence doesn't exist"
New this morning from Bloomberg >>>
“The US is on track to hit ambitious emissions-reduction goals following recent climate legislation that encourages investment in green technology, Treasury Secretary Yellen will say in a speech in Detroit on Thursday”
Here's a short thread on where
@JoeBiden
and
@BernieSanders
ACTUALLY stand on Social Security.
@PolitiFact
says Sanders' claim that Biden has tried to cut Social Security for 40 years is 'mostly false'
NEW from
@JoeBiden
on Trump ending stimulus talks:
"Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that — none of it — matters to him."
.
@JoeBiden
on his plan to rebuild the middle class:
"Make it in Michigan. Make it in America. Invest in the communities and the workers in places like Warren."
Trump today -- again -- tried to falsely claim that he never downplayed the coronavirus and said it would disappear with warmer weather.
Trump's lying, and
@ddale8
and CNN have the receipts --->
🚨🚨 New from the
@washingtonpost
:
The Trump administration was ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING U.S. manufacturers to sell PPE and ventilators to China as late as March -- even though there were clear signs that they would be desperately needed in America:
NEW:
@JoeBiden
on the domestic terrorism plot against
@gretchenwhitmer
:
"There is a throughline from President Trump’s dog whistles and tolerance of hate, vengeance, and lawlessness to plots such as this one ... We have to stop it."