Joe Biden, other top Democrats criticize President Trump over comments on coronavirus that reportedly appear in journalist Bob Woodward's new book, including the president's acknowledgment that he 'wanted to always play it down.'
“I don’t know how the president can survive this," he told NBC News."I don't know how you can survive an election when you’re basically asking the people to give you another four years of anything, when you’re taking an oath and pledge to protect and defend the Constitution, but also each and every citizen of this country.
"The fact is that the coronavirus and the threat that it was is a reality. A president should face that reality. The way to avoid a panic is to show leadership, to say, 'This is what the challenge is, we're going to use the best scientific evidence that is available to us to contain it, we are going to make sure that we can stop the spread of it.' That is what stops a panic, not ignoring it," Pelosi said.
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