This was Biden, Harris’ first joint interview since accepting the nomination
In an exclusive interview with ABC anchor David Muir of World News Tonight, former Vice President Joe Biden responded to President Donald Trump’s assertion that the only way he can lose the election is if it is ‘rigged’, he said. the American people ‘will not let’ Trump remain in office if he is defeated in the 2020 elections.
“The American people are not letting that happen … no one will allow that to happen,” Biden said when Muir pressured Biden or Trump could in fact try to stay in the White House, even if he did vote in November. loses, as some Democrats feared.
Biden had previously acknowledged that he had thought about this possibility.
During the interview, which was conducted in Wilmington, Delaware, after the Democratic National Convention, Biden and his running mate, sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Same day on testimony of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before Congress.
Impressed on whether they believe DeJoy’s promise that every post-vote will be delivered on time and processed to count in the November election, Harris said she did not.
‘I do not necessarily believe what he said when he said that what he did had no effect. Because I know it’s true that small businesses are running our country these last few days [since] he has withdrawn sources from the postal service, has suffered, ‘Harris told Muir.
“I’ve heard of seniors who are confident in receiving their medication on time, and in addition to everything they are physically suffering from, they are concerned – to their bone – that their medication is not on time for them to take care of it,” Harris said. ta.
Muir and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts conducted joint interviews with Harris and Biden – their first since accepting the Democratic nomination – which appeared in a special edition of “20/20” called “The Ticket: The First Interview,” which aired Sunday on ABC.
“Do you think the president is deliberately trying to carry the mail-in vote?” Muir asked Harris.
‘I will not spend too much time on the brain in his brain. I just see what he does and the effect, ‘she told Muir.
Biden pointed to President Trump’s interview earlier this month on Fox News Business in which he appeared to indicate when Congress and the White House are unable to reach a deal on funding for the U.S. Postal Service, Americans from every state will not be able to vote by mail.
‘He said he wanted to defuse the Post Office at one point because he did not want people to be able to vote by mail. That is what he said, “said Biden Muir.
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