From wilmington, delaware, this is 35 minutes. Vice president elect harris good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others, and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we hav
Of minnesotas fifth congressional district. Congresswoman, thanks for coming on the podcast. Ms. Omar so great to be here with you, jonathan. Jam last wek talk, which was yesterday, on msnbc i asked you for your reactions saying the words of president elect to biden. Your response to me correctly i would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter by the president of the United States is saying mean things about you. down to her american identity and so you know i have had many long days, many nights having to explain to my youngest child, who is now eight, my two older ones you know sort of contextualize what is taking place in the political discourse in this country but for her its really challenging for this to actually happen. You know i think for a lot of our kids they hear about a president and they hear about someone they are supposed to look up to and be a leader and there is a lot of facts from the presidency that h