Published 12:11 IST, October 24th 2020
Biden slams Trump's COVID-19 response, says 'We are learning to die with it'
Biden slamming US President Donald Trump's COVID-19 response said that Americans are not learning to live with the pandemic but are learning to die with it.
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Democratic Party Presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday, October 23 said that Americans are t learning to live with COVID-19 pandemic but are learning to die with it as it has outnumbered death toll of every major incident that has affected country in recent past. Biden, who was speaking at a rally in his home state Delaware a day after final presidential debate, said that more than 2,20,000 Americans have died due to pandemic so far, which is 15 percent of total global death toll.
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'Dark winter ahead'
Biden blamed US President Donald Trump's policies and his administration's handling of disease outbreak for spread of virus that has impacted both lives and ecomy in country. "President Trump said we're rounding corner, it's going away, we're learning to live with it. y are quotes. But as I told him last night, we're t learning to live with it. We're learning to die with it. This is a dark winter ahead," Biden said.
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Biden had told Trump during Thursday's presidential debate that people are t learning to live with pandemic but are learning to die with it. Biden furr cited numbers from Columbia University to prove his claims that Trump administration did t handle pandemic well. He said that University says anywhere between 1,30,000 and 2,10,000 deaths were avoidable if response would have been right.
Biden also revealed his pandemic plan and what he would do to control situation if he is elected president. Biden said that he would ask Congress to put a bill on his table by end of January. He would put a national strategy in place. Biden said that he would ask every Goverr to make wearing of face mask compulsory and if y would refuse, he would go to Mayors and municipalities to get job done.
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Biden and Donald Trump have until vember 3 to convince people of America why y should vote for m and t opponent. According to experts, this year it is highly unlikely that results will be anunced on same day as people are expected to vote via mail-in-voting in large numbers, which can take days to reach before y are counted.
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After popular votes are counted, US Electoral College will vote on first Monday after second Wednesday of December, which is 14th this year. Electoral College votes will be counted on January 6 by Congress and whosoever gets a majority will be inaugurated as new president on January 20.
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12:12 IST, October 24th 2020