MSNBC Asks Biden What Day 1 of Presidency Will Be Like, Pardon Trump?
By Nicholas Fondacaro | May 15, 2020 12:56 AM EDT
In an effort to aid presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in his struggle to forge a campaign during the coronavirus crisis, MSNBC’s The Last Word hosted an hour-long interview/town hall special featuring the former Vice President and Stacey Abrams, who's been more than adamant about wanting to be his running mate. Among the softball questions, slow-pitched to Biden was whether or not he would commit to not pardon President Trump of his crimes, and to describe how he would face the crisis on day one.
Host Lawrence O’Donnell set the tone for the gooey hour right from the get-go, declaring the issues of the election were a matter of “life and death!â€
“If Joe Biden is sworn in as the next president on January 20th, your life, and your children’s lives, and your parents' lives, and your grandparents' lives are going to depend on the work that Joe Biden starts doing that afternoon in the Oval Office, in the Cabinet Room, in the Situation Room,†he proclaimed.
And that was the first question O’Donnell posed to Biden (Click “expandâ€):
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