2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: [David Muir: “And if November becomes a referendum on your handling of the pandemic, are you comfortable with that?”] “Well, I am and I’m not. You know, it’s a very, it’s a very interesting thought. You know I’ve built the greatest economy and then it was turned off for good reason. We saved […]
Category: 2020 Election
4/24/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “We have to make it easier for everybody to be able to vote, particularly if we are still basically in the kind of lockdown circumstances we are in now. But that takes a lot of money, and it’s going to require us to provide money for states and insist they […]
4/21/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN//VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “The right to vote is the most fundamental American right there is. We need to immediately expand vote-by-mail, online voter registration, and early voting to ensure everyone can safely exercise their right to participate in our electoral process.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, April 21, 2020 7:06 pm […]
4/8/2020
2020 ELECTION/BERNIE SANDERS: “Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist whose progressive agenda pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left, ended his White House campaign on Wednesday, clearing the way for a Nov. 3 election battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump.” -John Whitesides and Simon Lewis, “Sanders quits U.S. presidential […]
4/8/2020
2020 ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “But they have to be very careful, because you know the things with bundling and all of the things that are happening with votes by mail where thousands of votes are gathered. And I’m not going to say which party does it, but thousands of votes are gathered and they […]
4/7/2020
2020 ELECTION/POLLS/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “Most Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the government to require mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 presidential election if the coronavirus outbreak still threatens the public this autumn, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. President Donald Trump, who is seeking re-election this year, has been trying with other Republicans to discourage […]
4/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “[W]e’ve never allowed any crisis from a Civil War straight through to a pandemic in ‘17, all the way around, in ’16, we have never, never let our democracy take second fiddle, we can both have a democracy and elections and at the same time protect the public health. But […]
3/29/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN//VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “I think we should be looking to all-mail ballots across the board to begin with because it’s an easier way for people to vote. But whether or not that’s required across the board in all 50 states and territories, I’m not sure yet. I think we can make that. But […]
3/29/2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL: “I think we should be looking to all-mail ballots across the board to begin with because it’s an easier way for people to vote. But whether or not that’s required across the board in all 50 states and territories, I’m not sure yet. I think we can make that. But […]
3/26/2020
2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/GOP: “We’re going to have our convention. You know, we have our convention in North Carolina in Charlotte. And we are, you know, definitely planning it. It’s toward the end of August. And somebody was asking today, will you cancel the convention. I said, no way I’m going to cancel the convention. We’re not […]
3/24/2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL: “I don’t think we should call off any of the elections. I think we just have to move forward. We may have to use different means and methods. There is an awful lot of direct-mail voting now going on, which may be one of the answers. But I think it […]
3/20/2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He’s [Trump] all over the map. In a crisis we need leadership that’s straightforward, clear and reliable… Stop saying false things that will make you sound like a hero.” -Joe Biden as quoted by Eric Bradner and Sarah Mucha, “Biden to Trump on Coronavirus: ‘Stop Saying False Things That Will […]
2/23/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “We have to restore the integrity of this country internationally. We have to get off of this God awful effort on this President’s part to divide the country. We have to bring the middle class back. We have to have a health care policy that makes sense, that is doable, which I […]
2/23/2020
2020 ELECTION/AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “I’m running [in the 2020 election] for the same exact reason when I started: to restore some dignity to the office, to make sure that African-Americans and minorities get treated well, and this time when we rebuild the middle class get brought along, and to unify the country and the party. […]
2/20/2020
2020 ELECTION/POLLS: “So we’re having great polls. You’re seeing the polls, except for some of the fake ones. And if I was treated fairly— Meaning, if you were treated fairly by the fake news, we’d be up 20 points higher in the polls. There wouldn’t even be a competitive election. Unfortunately, it’s probably going to […]
2/20/2020
2016 ELECTION/2020 ELECTION: “And after three years, of very unfair and ridiculous witch hunts and partisan Democrat crusades— It was the radical left’s pathetic attempts to nullify your ballots, poison our democracy, and overthrow our entire system of government. But guess what? They failed, and our poll numbers are higher today than they’ve ever been […]
2/16/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “[I]f I get elected president of the United States with my position on health care, my position on global warming, my position on foreign policy, my position on the middle class, this will go down as one of the most progressive administrations in American history.” -Joe Biden, “Meet the Press – February […]
1/22/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have it [coronavirus] totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” -CNBC, “CNBC Transcript: President Donald Trump Sits Down with CNBC’s Joe Kernen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,” cnbc.com, Jan. 22, 2020 […]
12/17/2019
2020 ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/UKRAINE: “As you know very well, this impeachment drive has nothing to do with Ukraine, or the totally appropriate conversation I had with its new president. It only has to do with your attempt to undo the election of 2016 and steal the election of 2020!” -Donald Trump, “Letter from President Donald J. Trump […]
10/9/2019
2020 ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Last week on the White House lawn, President Trump invited China to get engaged in deciding our election and who our nominee would be… We believe Americans should decide American elections period. But Donald Trump will do anything to get reelected, including violating the most basic forms of democracy. It’s […]
6/11/2019
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “I’d rather run against, I think, Biden than anybody. I think he’s the weakest, mentally. And I like running against people that are weak, mentally. I think Joe is the weakest up here. The other ones have much more energy. I don’t agree with their policies, but I think Joe is a […]
4/26/2019
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: [Reporter: “Mr. President, how old is too old to be President?”] “Well, I think that — I just feel like a young man. I’m so young. I can’t believe it. I’m the youngest person. I am a young, vibrant man. I look at Joe [Biden] — I don’t know about him. I don’t […]
4/25/2019
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. I believe history will look back on four years of this president — and all he embraces — as an aberrant moment in time. But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House he will forever and […]
4/5/2019
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “No, I don’t see Joe Biden as a threat. No. I don’t see him as a threat. I think he’s only a threat to himself… I just don’t see him as a threat. He’s been there a long time. His record is not good. He’d have to run on the Obama failed […]
3/3/2019
2016 ELECTION/FAKE NEWS/RUSSIA: “Because with the fake news if you tell a joke, if you’re sarcastic, if you’re having fun with the audience, if you’re on live television with millions of people and 25,000 people in an arena, and if you say something like, ‘Russia, please, if you can, get us Hillary Clinton’s emails. Please, […]