Former Vice President Joe Biden, the alleged Democratic presidential candidate, told MSNBC on Monday that he has four black women on his list of candidates for vice president, which brings him closer to choosing a candidate for the nomination one month before accepting the nomination of the match.
Biden told MSNBC’s Joy Reid at the premiere of his primetime show “The ReidOut,” that he is not committed to having a black woman as his running mate.
“I am not engaged, but the people I have named and among them are four black women,” Biden said.
If elected, Biden, 77, would be the oldest president-elect in history, which has put intense focus on his choice of a running mate. Biden has often spoken of seeing himself as a transitional presidential, leading many policy watchers to believe that his running mate could eventually be the leader of the Democratic Party and, if Biden won in 2020, the likely Democratic candidate in 2024.
He said it will take about six weeks to complete the background investigation and his campaign is doing a “detailed analysis” of the contenders to narrow the list before next month’s near-virtual convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“Black women have supported me my entire career,” said Biden. “I have been loyal and they have been loyal to me, so it is important that my administration, I promise you, will resemble the United States.”
He added: “Both from the vice president to the Supreme Court, from cabinet positions to all major positions in the White House. It is very important that this is the case. “
- Biden harshly criticized Trump for his response to the coronavirus, saying the president “surrendered” and placed a “white flag” regarding COVID-19. “I have never seen a president who has been so selfish in running the office,” Biden said.
- Biden said he would appoint a vaccine tsar and invest $ 25 billion to coordinate vaccine distribution to all Americans, conduct more tests and track contacts, and will continue to provide federal stimulus assistance to small businesses and Americans who are struggling financially.
- Trump has “absolutely zero sense of empathy,” Biden said of the president’s attempts to repeal Obamacare as Americans are suffering from the virus and many are unemployed. “He talks about taking away health insurance and says he’s going to replace it with what? Frankly, I don’t get it,” Biden said. “I don’t know how you think it appeals to the American people.
- In the face of alleged foreign interference in the US elections, Biden said it is a “violation of our sovereignty” and that if it occurs “there will be an in-kind response: it will not go unnoticed, unnoticed or will not be reported. Putin” knows that I mean what I say, “he said.
