Donald Trump has contended that Joe Biden can’t put two sentences together. That argument was put to bed at this townhall event. His answers were cogent and given without hesitation.
There were no hardball questions thrown at Joe Biden. No one knows if he was prepared for any tough questions. One woman who said she was a Republican questioned the $600 weekly unemployment support that ended in July saying that it had discouraged people going back to work. Biden responded saying the money was needed to help pay their rent or mortgage and that was a clear answer.
CNN provided a good summary of six lines.
• Trump’s response to the pandemic: “But he knew it. He knew it, and did nothing. It is close to criminal. … The idea that you are not going to not tell people what you have been told that this virus is incredibly contagious — seven times more contagious than the flu — you breathe the air and you get it sucked into your lungs — what has he done?”
• Police must be held accountable: “The vast majority of police are decent, honorable people. One of the things I’ve found is, the only people who don’t like bad cops more than we don’t like them are police officers. And so what we have to do is we have to have a much more transparent means by which we provide for accountability within police departments,” Biden said.
• When it comes to the pandemic, trust the science: “I don’t trust the President on vaccines. I trust Dr. [Anthony] Fauci. If Fauci says a vaccine is safe, I would take the vaccine. We should listen to the scientists, not to the President,” Biden said.
• Characterizing his campaign: “I view this campaign as a campaign between Scranton and Park Avenue,” Biden said. “All Trump can see from Park Avenue is Wall Street. All he thinks about as the stock market.”
• Trump’s troubling administration: “I’ve been doing this a long time. I never, ever thought I would see such a thoroughly, totally irresponsible administration.”
• Bridging the divide: “I plan to unite the nation. 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.”
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