****Biden Town Hall - Thread 1****

[highplainsdem]

In case anyone wants to discuss the town hall here...


See replies below for links for watching.

[highplainsdem]

1. Biden definitely does NOT agree with Trump's plan to have some states get back to work.

[BlueCheese]

2. Sounding very strong and knowledgeable out of the gate.

[highplainsdem]

8. Yes.

[Cattledog]

3. Link please

[highplainsdem]

4. On CNN now, and streaming at CNN.com.

[highplainsdem]

6. Another link:

https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/cnn-news-usa.html

[highplainsdem]

7. One more link:

https://streamfare.net/1cnn.html

[Funtatlaguy]

5. This calm rational sensible Joe is great.

[Amaryllis]

9. Bernie is live streaming a coronavirus round table with docs and nurses at the same time as

Joe's town hall. No comment.

[highplainsdem]

12. Editing my post, since I just checked and Sanders' livestream started over an hour ago & just ended

so it apparently wasn't intended to keep people from seeing Biden's town hall.

[Amaryllis]

19. Oh, good. It was hard to tell when I checked...said it was live. It would have been really bad

optics if Bernie had done his at the same time. I'd prefer less rather than more hard feelings around all this.

[highplainsdem]

10. Slamming Trump for making his dealings with governors in this crisis personal, wanting praise from

them.

[highplainsdem]

18. Tweet about this from CNN's Sarah Mucha:

Link to tweet

[highplainsdem]

20. Check the replies to that tweet, especially from Jennifer Rubin:

Link to tweet

[Cha]

36. Good One.. Thank you! Retweeted!

Link to tweet

[jimlup]

11. Go Joe!

[True Blue American]

13. What a pleasure

To listen to an intelligent politician.

Note Nancy will be on Rachel at 9.

[Tribetime]

14. I'm disappointed he didn't really answer her question

should she quit paying for rent or Healthcare or food.Wish they would have just come up with a moratorium rent payments mortgage payments utility payments health insurance payments excetera

[still_one]

17. He told her the legislation just passed is suppossed to address those costs

The testing and treatment are supposed to be no cost

What she can do right now, nothing until that legislation starts to be implemented

That is the hard truth

People can say we should have this or that, but that doesn't address the question, what do you do now

As part of that legislation unemployment benefits are supposed to bridge that gap along with other help

[Tribetime]

24. Yeah I guess there is no way to answer

You have to figure out what not to pay for if you can even do that I don't know if I can pay for anything right now so I think there's a lot of people in my position right now that just aren't going to be able to pay for stuff

[still_one]

28. What does one do now? It is too bad the legislation didn't freeze rents, mortgages, and utilities.

Provide vouchers to everyone for food, which go on until the crisis is brought under control

At the same time, Fast track viable treatments and vaccines

I hope they are able to get the first part of the legislation implemented quickly, and start getting the second part of the legislation out quickly to address what the first legislative action didn't fully address

You are darn right there is a lot of folks in your postion

The only hope is that the needs of the people can be addressed quickly through the defense act and legislation regardless of the cost

Try to take care of yourself the best you can

I believe This is the worst crisis the country is facing since WWII

[Tribetime]

29. 👍

[still_one]

32. ..........

[Gothmog]

15. Joe is doing a great job

[highplainsdem]

16. I think so, too.

[trueblue2007]

21. small business question

Man asked what would Biden do to help small businesses like restaurants. Biden said he would have helped SMALL BUS more. The workers need $$ and restaurante need help so they can reopen as soon as healthy. Small Bus. need help NOW. Big business needs to get the $$ to workers not CEO.

[mcar]

22. I am so impressed!

Joe is smart, his answers are well thought out - and he is so compassionate!

[highplainsdem]

23. Just said he would freeze, and then forgive, rent for the next three months.

Forgiven if unemployment benefits won't cover it.

[highplainsdem]

25. CNN tweet w/video: Biden describes how he sees his grandkids while social distancing:

Link to tweet

That was from the start of the town hall.

[highplainsdem]

26. Talking emotionally about how hard it is now for people whose relatives are dying who can't see them

[PatSeg]

31. That really got me

I'm still crying.

[highplainsdem]

33. Biden's so used to giving out his cell phone # to people who are grieving that he nearly gave it out

on national TV -- caught himself just in time, said people can contact his campaign.

[PatSeg]

35. I know

He is such a rare human being. We are so lucky to have him.

[Hav]

27. Every answer was such a stark contrast to Trump

Even besides the empathy and emotion, when he answered the question of that Dr regarding the psychological consequences, how often did he stress that the Dr knows about this topic than him? It was such an eye-opener contrasting that with Trump claiming he knows more about the military than the generals. It will be a good change to have a President again who listens to the experts.

[highplainsdem]

30. Robert Shrum tweet about the town hall:

Link to tweet

[Iliyah]

34. Informative plus compassionate plus . . .

VP Biden damn sure cares about us.

[NCProgressive]

37. I want the election to be tomorrow

I'll risk coronavirus .. even ebola to go vote for Joe and kick that fake orange buffoon out of the white house.

[Baked Potato]

38. Very articulate tonight!

[Celerity]

40. We must have watched two different town halls, he was worse than his Happy Hour event the other day

He blows hot and cold.

[Hortensis]

42. Huh? Come on. Biden spoke of things that we know work

and that he would do. Very simple and direct. Early childhood education. Catching mental health problems early.

Our own perceptions may swing with our moods, but what he says is very consistent.

[Celerity]

43. yes but he was really off in his presentation, did not speak well at all

[Hortensis]

44. Well, okay, but he's not auditioning for a TV show. This kind of

expectation gets us bad government. Look at Sanders and Palin. Their one big talent is selling themselves on the stump, and boy can they rouse people who never suspect that that and carefully chosen promises and catch phrases is pretty much the whole of it.

I've always thought in a better world we'd require candidates to campaign with bags on their heads. Or ours.

[Baked Potato]

45. I didn't watch, I listened on the radio.

I heard good, thoughtful answers to tough questions.

[rockfordfile]

41. Biden was great. Considering all of the stupid bs going on

[DarthDem]

46. Biden was very, very good

He was comfortable, calm, collected, appropriately somber, articulate and responsive, and he genuinely connected with the folks with questions with empathy and compassion. I was duly impressed.