Trump Swipes at Biden for Being Open To Shutting Down the US Economy Again
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has expressed openness to closing down the U.S. economy again amid the coronavirus pandemic, but President Donald Trump is making it clear he does not agree. When asked about…
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has expressed openness to closing down the U.S. Economy again amid the coronavirus pandemic, but President Donald Trump is making it clear he does not agree.
When asked about Biden’s previous remarks, Trump called the comments a “very dangerous statement.”
“Look, we did the right thing. We shut it down and now we’ve built it up and we’re setting records and job numbers,” the president said during a Fox News interview Monday night.
Trump continued, “So this guy comes in, I heard him the other day, ‘If they said,’ so that means that if some doctor said we have to shut it down, we’re going to shut it down?”
Biden previously told ABC News during a joint interview with his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) that if he were elected and there was a second COVID-19 wave, and scientists recommended a shutdown of the U.S. Economy that he would.
“I would shut it down. I would listen to the scientists,” the former vice president said, adding that he would “be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives, because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus.”