Biden didn’t shy away from citing Bob Woodward’s book, which claims Trump knew about the danger of COVID-19 and said nothing at the time. In addition, Biden argued that Trump didn’t allow medical experts to travel to Wuhan, China to learn more about the virus, “he didn’t ask Xi to do that. He told us what a great job Xi was doing.”
“If we would have listened to you, the country would have been left wide open, millions of people would have died, not 200,000, and one person is too much. It’s China’s fault,” Trump countered.
Trump’s major sticking point on the issue of COVID-19 was that Biden decried his travel ban on China, saying that Biden called him “racist and xenophobic because you didn’t think I should have closed our country… you wouldn’t have closed it for another two months.” On top of that, Trump also was keen to point out that Biden was in favor of lockdowns, which the President claims have done irreparable damage to the United States.
On the question of a vaccine, Biden said “we’re for a vaccine, but I don’t trust him at all [Trump], and neither do you.”
Trump blasts Biden’s stance on law and order
Issues of race and policing have become a key issue throughout the 2020 presidential election, reaching a fever pitch in recent weeks. This can be clearly seen during the debate when Biden called Trump a “racist,” saying that the riots in Portland, Chicago, New York and elsewhere have occurred “under his watch.”
