By — Associated Press Associated Press By — Candice Norwood Candice Norwood Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-delivers-remarks-on-covid-19-in-wilmington-delaware Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH LIVE: Biden promises ‘free’ coronavirus vaccine Politics Updated on Oct 23, 2020 7:51 PM EDT — Published on Oct 23, 2020 12:33 PM EDT Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has long accused the Trump administration of giving up on the coronavirus pandemic, but he is getting more aggressive, arguing that the president actively encouraged its spread. Watch Biden’s remarks in the video player above. Announcing his plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic if he wins office, Biden promised that once a vaccine is available, it “must be free and freely available to everyone.” He’s seeking to keep the focus of the presidential race on a health crisis that has killed more than 220,000 Americans. With less than two weeks until the election, Trump portrayed himself as the same outsider he first pitched to voters four years ago, repeatedly saying he wasn’t a politician. Biden, meanwhile, argued that Trump was an incompetent leader of a country facing multiple crises and tried to connect what he saw as the president’s failures to the everyday lives of Americans, especially when it comes to the pandemic that has killed more than 222,000 people, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Associated Press Associated Press By — Candice Norwood Candice Norwood Candice Norwood is a former digital politics reporter for the PBS NewsHour. @cjnorwoodwrites
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has long accused the Trump administration of giving up on the coronavirus pandemic, but he is getting more aggressive, arguing that the president actively encouraged its spread. Watch Biden’s remarks in the video player above. Announcing his plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic if he wins office, Biden promised that once a vaccine is available, it “must be free and freely available to everyone.” He’s seeking to keep the focus of the presidential race on a health crisis that has killed more than 220,000 Americans. With less than two weeks until the election, Trump portrayed himself as the same outsider he first pitched to voters four years ago, repeatedly saying he wasn’t a politician. Biden, meanwhile, argued that Trump was an incompetent leader of a country facing multiple crises and tried to connect what he saw as the president’s failures to the everyday lives of Americans, especially when it comes to the pandemic that has killed more than 222,000 people, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now