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Biden Warns of Lethal Consequences if Trump Won't Coordinate on Coronavirus
Response

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - President-elect Joe Biden warned that outgoing President
   Donald Trump's refusal to recognize the transition prior to the January
   20 inauguration could have dire consequences amid the coronavirus
   pandemic.

   "More people may die if we don't coordinate," Biden said in response to
   a reporter's question Monday in Wilmington, Delaware.

   Biden, again warning of a "very dark winter" ahead, called for
   immediate congressional passage of the HEROES Act -- a proposed $3
   trillion stimulus package in response to the economic devastation
   wrought by COVID-19.

   "The idea the president is still playing golf and not doing anything
   about it is beyond my comprehension," Biden said, adding, "At least
   you'd think he'd want to go off on a positive note."

   The president-elect said people are running out of unemployment
   insurance, 20 million people are on the verge of losing their homes
   because they cannot make mortgage payments, and "you have a larger
   number being kicked out and that will be kicked out on the street
   because they can't pay their rent."
   Biden made the remarks following a briefing he and Vice President-elect
   Kamala Harris held on the state of the'¯U.S.'¯economy, which faces new
   headwinds with the surge in coronavirus cases. The spike in cases and
   hospitalizations has prompted some'¯state governors and municipal
   officials to reimpose'¯limits on business operations to try to curb the
   spread of COVID-19.'¯'¯

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