"Here's the Deal" is another way for the campaign to try to connect with voters confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden took his virtual presidential campaign to the next level Monday when he launched a podcast as the coronavirus forces him to get creative in reaching voters otherwise distracted by a global pandemic.
The title plays on one of Biden’s favorite phrases he uses before launching into an explanation about a subject he wants people to understand. “It’s critical for the president not to resort to fear-mongering and also baseless downplaying or lying about the situation," Biden said during the phone interview."The president needs to be honest, needs to follow the science, needs to be transparent with the American people.”
Story continuesThe podcast is another way for the campaign to try to connect with voters confined to their homes a challenge recent political candidates have not had to face. The launch comes one week after Biden debuted his home TV studio in his basement, where he was able to reinsert himself into the national conversation on cable news following several technical difficulties encountered in his first week of “working from home.
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