Joe Biden and his former boss, former President Barack Obama, met for a socially distanced conversation about the many challenges the nation faces at the moment, as President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic is torn apart.
The Democratic candidate’s alleged presidential campaign released a video preview of the meeting on Wednesday, which was held in the Washington, DC, building where the former president’s office is located. Both men are seen arriving dressed in black masks and then sitting socially apart for their conversation.
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The teaser clip begins with Biden, in disbelief, asking “Can you imagine standing up when you were president saying ‘It’s not my responsibility. I am not responsible. Literally. Literally.’
Obama responds, emphasizing that “those words did not come out of our mouths while we were in office.”
President Trump in March blamed the previous administration for the delays in coronavirus testing and said, “I am not responsible at all.” And a month later, Trump said he is not responsible for the increase in people using disinfectants inappropriately a few days after publicly contemplating whether such disinfectants could treat COVID-19.
In the clip, the former vice president emphasizes that he does not understand “Trump’s inability to get an idea of what people are going through.” It just can’t be related in any way. “
Obama replies, “One of the things I’ve always known about you, Joe, is the reason I wanted you to be my vice president, and the reason you were so effective … it all starts with being able to relate.”
Showing the two men sitting in chairs and socially estranged in an office environment, the former president says, “If you can sit with a family and see your own family in them and the struggles you went through or your parents or you the kids are going through, if you can connect those struggles with someone else’s struggles, then you’re going to work hard for them, and that’s always what motivated you to enter the public service. “
The Biden campaign says the two men also discussed “how the nation is dealing with systemic racism, and the current opportunity to achieve lasting change that will eliminate these historical inequities.” The conversation is slated to air Thursday on Biden and Obama social media channels.
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The video appears to be the first time that the former president and vice president have appeared together in person since the start of the 2020 election campaign. The two men came together virtually when Obama backed Biden in April and again last month for a fundraiser fundraiser that raised $ 11 million, Biden’s most lucrative fundraising event. More than 120,000 people signed up to attend the event online.
Fox News confirmed that Biden and Obama will team up again for another fundraiser on Tuesday, July 28. The event is described as a virtual conversation. The fundraiser was first reported by ABC News.
