V. P. Biden good afternoon. My fellow americans, today, across the nation, many of us are feeling anxious about the spread of the covid19, known as the coronavirus. And threat it poses to our health, our loved ones, our families, our livelihoods. You know, i know people are worried. My thoughts are with those who are directly fighting this virus. Those infected, families that have suffered a loss, First Responders and Health Care Providers who are putting themselves on the line as i speak, for others. Id like to thank those who are already making sacrifices to protect us, whether thats selfquarantining themselves or canceling events or closing campuses. Because whether or not youre infected, or know someone who is infected, or have been in contact with an infected person, this is going to require a national response. Not just from our elected leaders or our Public Health officials, but from all of us. We must, all of us, follow the guidelines of the Health Officials and take appropriat
Everyone, please welcome former Vice President , joe biden. Joe biden good afternoon. My fellow americans, today across the nation, many of us are feeling anxious about the spread of the covid19, known as the coronavirus. And threat it poses to our health, our loved ones, our families, our livelihoods. You know, i know people are worried. My thoughts are with those who are directly fighting this virus. Those infected, families that have suffered a loss, First Responders and Health Care Providers who are putting themselves on the line as i speak for others. Id like to thank those who are already making sacrifices to protect us, whether thats selfquarantining themselves or canceling events and closing campuses. Because whether or not youre infected, or know someone who is infected, or have been in contact with an infected person, this is going to require a national response. Not just from our elected leaders or our Public Health officials, but from all of us. We must, all of us, follow t
Life, where you have to say, this is beyond the pail. This is nowhere near normal. This person is a danger, and what is happening here is a danger to the democracy. Right. And what theyre doing is so egregious that i can no longer be a part of it. And, therefore, im going to leave. Not only am i going to leave, i am going to inform the American People about whats happening because its really with this administration, as i was watching this president , today, deal with the press. And say things like, oh, find out for yourself. And just completely spinning about saying woodward says i knew something. Woodward doesnt say it. Trump said it. But woodward. The whole thing about blaming. It just it was infuriating because im a journalist, right . And woodward is not even a working member of the press, anymore. Hes an author. He was. And very respected, right . Woodward and bernstein. But he was writing a book. Second book. Second book. Woodward is not the president of the United States. Right
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The papers and say a lot about the coverage of the New York Times. Trump asked for favor in the call. Trump called transcript insane in the ukraine. Kraine on dems parade no. Laws broken. Brian congratulations back and for the congratulations on your win. I kind of ran my campaign off the template you gave me. Im an outsider like you are the outsider. In case you didnt know he was a comedian. They wanted to blow up everything in a respectful way because there is so much corruption in the ukraine. So he and the president started talking. Obviously there was respect there we later find out it was the second call the two had. And then at which time he says listen, i would love to get some javelin missiles. You know the javelin missiles that barack obama wouldnt sell the ukraines even though they were being cut up by the russian army at the time . The president said yeah. He goes and i would like to say this, can you find out about x, y, and z, look into. So corruption there and to me i re