This is Brian from beautiful Chula Vista, California. I've been at home so long. My hair has grown so long

I may have to put it in a ponytail or even worse the dreaded man bar

This podcast was recorded at it is

226 on Tuesday June 30th things may have changed by the time you hear this

But I can guarantee you one thing this guy will not be sporting a man bun anytime soon

In all the horrors of the pandemic I hadn't even thought about the man bun until now

Yeah, my hair's gotten a little longer, but nowhere near man bun territory. You just wait

Hey there is the Empire Politics podcast. I'm Aisha Roscoe. I cover the White House

I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress and I'm a Domenico Montenegro senior political editor and correspondent

So with President Trump right now getting low marks for his response to the coronavirus

Joe Biden seems to be seizing this moment to lean in and really push against Trump on the virus

Infections are on the rise

the threat of massive spikes that overwhelm the capacity of our health care system is on the horizon

America's anxious and how to work are fearful

with their lives and their livelihoods

Donald Trump is doing next to nothing about it

So he's really calling him out and but what is Joe Biden right now actually asking

To happen or saying that he would do differently well obviously there you can hear him talking about how he wants a more direct federal

Response so far we've seen the White House and the coronavirus task force led by vice president Pence just sort of saying

Hey, it's up to the states to decide how they're gonna do things they put out federal guidelines

But they're not all being adhered to and they're certainly not enforcing those things one interesting thing is Biden wants mandatory

mask wearing we've heard from

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