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November 17, 2020

Joe Biden Says "More People May Die" Unless Trump Coordinates with Transition Team
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In Delaware, President-elect Joe Biden spoke of a "very dark winter"
ahead as the U.S. continues to lead the world in coronavirus infections
and deaths. Biden was asked what will happen if President Trump
continues to prevent Biden's transition team from coordinating with the
outgoing administration.

President-elect Joe Biden: "More people may die, if we don't
coordinate."

Biden called on Senate Republicans to pass a COVID relief package like
the $3 trillion HEROES Act approved by House Democrats last May. Vice
President-elect Kamala Harris noted the pandemic has had a far greater
impact on communities of color.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris: "Black Americans and Latinos are
three times as likely to contract COVID as others and more likely to
die. Native Americans are more than four times as likely to be
hospitalized as others. And last month the unemployment rate for Black
Americans was almost twice the rate of others."



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