A 'transition candidate': Where is America headed next?

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

On Point, News, Npr, Daily, Talk Show

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

During the 2020 Presidential campaign, Joe Biden called himself a “transition candidate.” But transition to bring America where?

Mike Lux, Jonathan Lemire and Jack Beatty join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.

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0:18.9	This is on point.
0:24.0	I'm Kimberly Atkins' store in for Magna Chakrabarti.
0:27.4	On the campaign trail for the 2020 presidential election,
0:31.0	Joe Biden said something that stuck with voters.
0:33.7	He called himself a quote transitional candidate.
0:37.0	But what exactly did he mean?
0:39.0	At the time, many interpreted it to mean
0:41.0	he would be a one-term president.
0:43.2	But when he was asked that very question
0:45.2	at a town hall in October 2020,
0:47.6	his answer was more broad and ambiguous.
0:50.3	The comment that I view myself as a transitional president,
0:53.2	that is out one term, is transition to your generation.
0:57.4	You're the best educated.
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