About the u. S. Economy at delaware state university, a historically black institution in the capital of dover. Mr. Biden good afternoon, everyone. Thanking dr. By allen, a resident of delaware state university, one of the great hbcus in the country, for accommodating us. It is good to be back on campus. 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. For the end of his remarks, President Trump said he hopes that george floyd is looking down and seeing this as a great day for our country. We are speaking of a man who was 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 is based on race, ethnicity. , irge floyds last words ,ant 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. So on thehat he did date when black unemployment rose, hispanic on a limit rose, black youth unemployment skyrocketed tells you everything you need to know about this man and what he really cares about. Americans, im glad to see that 2. 5 million americans have gotten their jobs back. For those families, that is a sigh of relief. For all those of us, it reminds us of the resilience of the American People. To those americans, im proud of you, happy for you and your families. I was disturbed however, to cd the president probing this morning, basically hanging a Mission Accomplished banner out so muchhen there is more work to be done, so Many Americans are still hurting. More than 20 million americans, one of every seven u. S. Workers is out of work. For an honest 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, like 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. 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 Pandemic Response start to make their way back, the president s behavior makes me worried for the 90 you havent. All those families who are scared, who are frightened, hurting, were 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 incompetence and mismanagement of the response. This morning, the president tried to compare the response of ok, and south korea 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 population. Quarter of the worlds death due to the pandemic. 4 of the population, a quarter of the 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 enacting. Four months, he downplayed the threat, falsely promising that every think was going to everyone will be able to get a test, claiming that, like. Merica, this will disappear he repeatedly praised chinas containment response, despite public appeals from many people, including be in january, not to let american lives and the u. S. On his confidence to the chinese confident his confidence that 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. Not justure did because lives. It costs jobs. From moodys and brookings confirm that half or more of those who bought their job would still be employed had donald trump had a competent response like germany and south korea and other countries did. We know why this happened. Onald trump was more focused the stock wealth of the biggest corporations that he was on the wellbeing of the American People. Thats why he and his top economic advisers are telling people, i stocks, and set preparing our nation to brace for this pandemic. Deaths,0,000 american 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 started challenges our nation has ever faced, and donald trump is patting himself on the back. He has no idea, in my view, what is going on in this country. He has no idea be depth of the pain that so many people are enduring. He remains oblivious to the. Uman toll of his indifference it is time for him to stop 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. , some of the temporary job losses are still not on track to go back in a way that will actually really serve working people. President trump is still rewarding wealth over work. Ill be here coming out of the white house is calls for more tax cuts, big investors, a corporations, when they did not build this country, the middle class built this country. Thats who i fight for. Put the continues to interest of ceos and shareholders ahead of the american worker, we will never get to where we need to be in this country. 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 . Economy to be want . And who will it serve . Weeks, ive laid 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. Create millions of good paying jobs with benefits where people get a fair return on work, make the country stronger, 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 entered 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 ensure tests are available and tracing. 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 instantly tweeting slogans like transition to greatness will 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 tortad the death not been held up against that curb, i would plan on introducing it earlier, but i will introduce it quickly, implementing real job plan that will create and meet this mormon this moment. Americans 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 helping them heal now. Wait. T 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. Opportunity,ce, and hope. I have faith in the American People. We give them have a chance, there is nothing they cant do. Nation,to unite as one when we have, we have never 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. Coming up, California Governor Gavin Newsom will give an update on some of the challenges facing his state, live coverage begins at 3 00 eastern on cspan. Night on q a, Peggy Wallace kennedy, daughter of alabama governor and president of candidate george wallace, talks about her fathers controversial career and what inspired her to write her book. Youngest6, we took our son, who was nine at the time, to the Martin Luther king Museum Historical site in atlanta and we went to his church and his grave and we went over to the it was being duly constructed at that time. Exhibit, alabama thebit, and it showed bombing at the church, fire hoses and dogs in birmingham, andeorge wallace standing burns looked up to me and said he was so sad. Why did popeye do those things to other people why did papa do those things to other people . It broke my heart. Papa never told me why he did those things to other people, but it was wrong. Navy it will have to be you just it it will have to be up to you and me to make things right. Watch sunday night on cspan q a. Odonnell is a lecturer at the college of criminal justice, a form