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I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing.

President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris sat down with CNN's Jake Tapper,

great first name, right, for their first interview Thursday.

Biden said a few things that gave us some really interesting insight into how he sees the presidency,

the challenges he faces, and how he'll tackle them. We kind of knew this, but it came to light

even more in the interview. It's abundantly clear. Biden thinks clear communication, logical,

and sane management are needed to combat the COVID-19 crisis. Donald Trump is one of the only

leaders on planet Earth who has denied

the threat of the virus and sent mixed messages about what America should do to combat it. And it shows

we lost more than a quarter million of our countrymen to this pandemic. Biden is showing how

he'll handle the virus. He doesn't want long shutdowns, but he's issuing crystal clear guidance for

what he will do in the short and long term.

For example, Biden told Tapper he'll tell people they need to wear masks for 100 days, clear,

concise, digestible.

He'll back that up with a mandate that masks must be worn in federal buildings on buses and on

planes.

He's acknowledging the obvious.

The disease sucks.

It's dangerous. And he's providing a digestible set of enforceable rules that he believes will affect change until

the vaccine has taken hold. Number two, he's beginning to give a hint about how he'll pressure

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