Biden Urges Trump to Help Transition: ‘More People May Die if We Don’t Coordinate’
President-elect Joe Biden urged the President Donald Trump to help with the transition phase between their two presidencies as the current president has been stonewalling his soon-to-be successor. Asked what the biggest…
President-elect Joe Biden urged the President Donald Trump to help with the transition phase between their two presidencies as the current president has been stonewalling his soon-to-be successor.
Asked what the biggest danger of Trump’s refusal to participate and share the vaccine distribution plans with Biden, the president-elect said, “More people may die if we don’t coordinate.”
He added, “As my Chief of Staff Ron Klain would say, who handled Ebola, the vaccine’s important. It’s of little use until you’re vaccinated.”
Biden continued, “So how do we get over 300 million Americans vaccinated? What’s the game plan?”
He noted that the Trump administration has touted its vaccine distribution plan.
“They say they have this Warp Speed program that not only dealt with getting vaccines but also how to distribute this. If we have to wait until January 20th to start that planning, it puts us behind over a month, month and a half. And so it’s important that it be done, that there be coordination now. Now or as rapidly as we can get that done.”
Biden’s team has been raising red-flags that they have not been briefed on the coronavirus from government officials. Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain