Trump claims he will be “ending” pandemic “soon” as U.S. surpasses 8 million confirmed cases; Biden details plan to expand access to Affordable Health Care; More than 20 million ballots cast before election day; Trump to hold rally in Wisconsin as cases, deaths, & hospitalizations hit record highs;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 16 October 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Biden: Americans don’t panic, Donald Trump panicked; Trump refuses to denounce QAnon conspiracy theories; Biden slams Trump’s tolerance of right-wing extremists; Biden hits Trump’s coronavirus response; Trump lies about masks, claims U.S. “rounding the corner” on virus; Trump still won’t say if he got a COVID test on debate day; Biden: Trump knew and lied about COVID; Biden says losing the election could mean he was a “lousy candidate”; Young voter asks Biden: “Besides ‘you ain’t black’ what do you have to say to young, black voters?”; Sources: Former Chief of Staff John Kelly tells friends Trump is “most flawed person I have ever met”; WI official worries Trump rally will be super spreader event; Trump to campaign in Michigan, Wisconsin Saturday where Biden holds significant lead in polls; Polls: Biden could build “blue wall” in Midwest states Trump won in 2016; Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania; How mail-in ballots could impact election night results;
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| 0:00.0 | You have double owners are good plans. |
| 0:01.8 | All right, you've been listening to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaking in Southfield, Michigan. |
| 0:07.0 | Let's go straight to CNN's Jessica Dean. |
| 0:09.5 | Jessica, tell me what you think the vice President's closing message is here in this crucial |
| 0:16.3 | battleground state of Michigan. |
| 0:18.7 | Well Jake I think you're hearing it right now in the end it comes down to health care and |
| 0:24.3 | keeping the Affordable Care Act. The Biden campaign an aid telling CNN look that is |
| 0:29.4 | the throughline through so many issues. It goes to the COVID response and the COVID |
| 0:34.3 | pandemic. It goes to President Trump's behavior in response to the COVID |
| 0:38.9 | pandemic. It also, as you just heard Biden talking about there, they are able to tie that to Amy |
| 0:44.1 | Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court. So it is an all-encompassing issue |
| 0:49.2 | that they really believe people understand, pay attention and listen to and they're looking back to |
| 0:55.5 | 2018 as a roadmap of sorts because remember that's when Democrats took back the house and they were able to do so by hammering home a message |
| 1:05.4 | on health care, on protecting the Affordable Care Act. |
| 1:08.8 | And you saw it right there below Joe Biden on the lectern he was speaking on |
| 1:13.0 | protect and expand and that is their message on the Affordable Care Act to keep it |
| 1:17.3 | and expand it |
| 1:18.1 | that's the closing message here to Michigan Anders Jake. |
| 1:21.6 | All right Jessica Dean thanks so much. |
| 1:23.0 | Let's discuss this with CNN's Abby Philip and the Washington Post, Philip. |
| 1:26.1 | Abby, you heard Joe Biden take the opportunity once again to go after Trump for the very fine |
| 1:32.3 | people on both sides comment a |
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