Historically black institution the state capital of dover. Fmr. Vp. Biden good afternoon everyone. Thanking dr. By allen, the president of delaware state university, one of the great hbcus in the country for accommodating us. It is great to be back on campus but i wish it was a more celebratory occasion. Before i speak to the Economic Situation i have to take a moment to address something that the president said this morning. Toward the end of his remarks, President Trump said he hopes that quote george floyd is this isdown and seeing a great day for our country. Wasre speaking of a man who brutally killed by an act of needless violence and by a larger tide of injustice that has metastasized on this president s watch as he has moved to split us based on race, religion ethnicity. , George Floyds last words, i cant breathe, i cant breathe, have echoed across this nation and around the world. For the president to try to put any other words in the mouth of george floyd, i think is despicable. The fact that he did so on the date when black unemployment rose, hispanic unemployment rose, black youth unemployment skyrocketed, tells you everything you need to know about this man and what he really cares about. Today, like all americans, im glad to see that 2. 5 million americans have gotten their jobs back. For those families, that is the sigh of release deaf relief. Tillis americans, i am so proud of you, so happy for you and your families. Disturbed to see the ,resident crowing this morning basically hanging a Mission Accomplished bag Mission Accomplished banner out there, when there is so much more work to be done, so Many Americans are still hurting. More than 20 million americans, one of every seven u. S. Workers, is still out of work. For an enormous swath of our country, their dreams are on hold and they are struggling to put food on the table and wondering what is going to happen tomorrow, can i pay my rent . Will i be able to maintain my mortgage payment . The Unemployment Rate remains the highest it has been in nearly a century. As i said, black employment went up this month. Latino unemployment jumped to over 37 . Hispanic unemployment overall is four times higher than it was before the president botched his response to the pandemic. And im worried. When you look deeper into the data, while temporary layoffs went down, permanent layoffs went up. Donald trump still does not get it. He is spiking the ball, completely oblivious to the tens of millions of people who are facing the greatest struggle of their lives. These folks are not feeling any less pain today than they were yesterday. People who lost their health care in the crisis, they are not celebrating. Especially when donald trump is still going to federal court, fighting to strip away the Health Care Protections for more americans. The fact is, about 13 million fewer jobs today for American Workers than the day president obama and i left office. While it is wonderful to see 10 of the families who lost their jobs due to trumps disastrous Pandemic Response start to make their way back, the president s behavior makes me worried for the 90 who havent. All those families who are scared, who are frightened, hurting, wondering, but its when you happen next . I want you to know, i and a lot of others see you, we have not forgotten you. I want to be satisfied until this country starts working for everyone. Which is not now. Lets be clear about something. The depth of this job crisis is not attributable to an act of god, but to a failure of a president. The truth is, every country dealt with their job losses due to this pandemic, but america was hit much harder, out of the gate, due to the complete incompetence and mismanagement of the response. This morning, the president tried to compare the response of germany and south korea ok, lets compare. Germany has one third of the deaths per capita than we do. South korea has less than 300 deaths total. America has 4 of the world s population. And a quarter of the worlds deaths due to the pandemic. 4 of the population, a quarter of the worlds deaths. It is no secret why. Lets get something straight. The president did not act quickly when he was warned to act, when he was even when his own team talked about acting. Four months, he downplayed the threat, falsely promising that everyone will be able to get a test, claiming that, like a miracle, this will disappear. He repeatedly praised chinas containment response, despite a litany of public appeals from many people, including be in including me in january, not to let american lives and the u. S. Economy hang on his confidence the Chinese Government was being truthful. He refused to take action to get adequate testing in place, allowing the virus to spread further than it should have. Columbia university found that 54,000 americans would be alive today, lives saved, if the administration had acted two weeks earlier. This failure did not just cost lives. It costs jobs. New studies from moodys and brookings confirm that half or more of those who lost their job would still be employed had donald trump had a competent response like germany and south korea and other countries did. When he should have. We know why this happened. Donald trump was more focused on the stock wealth of the biggest corporations than he was on the wellbeing of the American People. Thats why he and his top economic advisers were telling people, i stocks, and set buy stocks, instead of preparing our nation to brace for this pandemic. After 110,000 american deaths, more than 20 Million People out of work, the consequences are clear. We are facing devastating unemployment and a Historic Health crisis. A continuing crisis of violence and indignity, that has devastated black americans, many latinos, we are losing the soul of this country. Some of the sternest challenges our nation has ever faced, and donald trump is patting himself on the back. He has no idea, in my view, what is really going on in this country. He has no idea be depth of the pain that so many people are still enduring. He remains oblivious to the human toll of his indifference. It is time for him to step out of his bunker, take a look around at the consequences of his words and actions. Lets be clear. The president who takes no responsibility for costing millions of americans their jobs deserves no credit when a fraction of them return. But there is a deeper concern here. As we recover, some of the temporary job losses are still not on track to grow back in a way that will actually really serve working people. President trump is still rewarding wealth over work. Coming out of the white house, we hear calls for more tax cuts, for big investors or corporations. Well they did not build this , country, the middle class built this country. Thats who i fight for. If trump continues to put the interest of ceos and shareholders ahead of the american worker, we will never get to where we need to be in this country. Look, every american has a choice to make in november, not simply to who they will have as a president or senator or congresspeople, but what kind of country do we want to be . What kind of economy to be want . Do we want . And who will it serve . In the coming weeks, i will lay out a plan i have developed for my plan not just to build back the economy the way it was before covid19, but to build it back better. It was already hurting for so many people. A plan to create millions of new good paying jobs with benefits where people get a fair return on work, make the country stronger, more resilient more , just. As you will see, that plan is crating investments in small businesses, trillions of dollars in infrastructure, investing in innovation, manufacturing, caregiving, and rewiring the faulty structures of our economy to ensure the dignity and equality for all American Workers. There is a Public Health crisis, a job crisis, a crisis of inequity being endured by africanamericans and many other people of color. Those three challenges alone are deeply connected to one another. The solutions have to be connected as well. Any economic plan must start with a Public Health plan to make sure tests are available and tracing. To get our society functioning. To build back the confidence we need to bring back jobs in small businesses. That is only the first step. My job plan talks about restoring the dignity to American People in addition to pursuing needed reforms, we need to grow wages, level the playing field, create tens of millions of good paying jobs to build a better american future. There is a monumental amount of work to be done to repair the damage that has been done and simply tweeting slogans like transition to greatness will not solve anything for the families who are hurting and wondering, where do i go next . I look forward to introducing i would have already done it had we had not had the death not been held up against that curb, i would plan on introducing it earlier, but i will introduce it quickly, implementing a real job plan that will meet this moment. Havecans cannot afford to more time wasted. They need an economy that works for them and they need it now. They need jobs that bring dignity and need it now. They need equal justice and equal opportunity now. They need a president who cares about them, who cares about they need an economy that works for them and they need it now. They need jobs that bring helping them heal now. It cant wait. The response of so many people around the world, across the country, including many of our republican colleagues, former military commanders, etc. Is crying out. We need justice, opportunity, and hope. I have faith in the American People. We give them half a chance, there is nothing they cant do. We need to unite as one nation, when we have, we have never ever failed to solve the problems that face us at the moment. Thank you for listening. God bless you all and may god protect our troops. Earlier today President Trump held a News Conference with reporters on the u. S. Economy, protests across america following the death of george floyd, and the coronavirus. Tonight we will show you the president s comments at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Cspans washington journal, every day we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day. We will discuss policy issues that impact you. Coming up saturday morning, the wall street journals eric moran joins us to discuss the latest jobs report and unemployment picture in the pandemic. University of austin, texas professor will discuss George Floyds death and the public protest. Saturdayn journal live morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Join us with your calls, text messages, and tweets. New yorkr today, Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke about protests in his estate following the at