Former President Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden
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The video of the conversation, which will be released in full on Thursday, shows the former president and vice president arriving in masks for an informal conversation and talking about how the Trump administration has handled the COVID-19 outbreak.
“Can you imagine standing up when you were president and saying ‘it’s not my responsibility. I don’t take any responsibility.'” Literally. Literally, “Biden said in a preview of the conversation launched by his campaign, making an apparent dig in President Trump
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“Those words didn’t come out of our mouths when we were in office,” Obama replied.
“No. I don’t understand their inability to get an idea of what people are going through,” Biden said. “It cannot be related in any way.”
“Well, and 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,” Obama said. . said.
Biden and Obama also address the economic consequences of the pandemic, as well as the ongoing national conversation about racial injustice, according to the Biden campaign.
Obama has proven to be a formidable asset to the Biden campaign. The couple raised $ 11 million in their first 2020 fundraiser together last month, in which more than 120,000 people signed up to participate.
The former president criticized Trump without naming him directly during the virtual event, pointing out what is at stake for the November elections.
“My predecessor, with whom I disagreed on a large number of issues, still had a basic respect for the rule of law and the importance of our institutions,” Obama said.
“And what we have seen in recent years is a Republican-enabled White House in Congress and a media structure that supports them and has not only differed in terms of politics, but has gone to the foundations of who we are. and who should we be. ”
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