Susan Rice says she could handle pandemic response: 'I understand what disease can do'
By Zack Budryk - 08/04/20 11:45 AM EDT
Former White House national security adviser Susan Rice, a contender to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate, said Tuesday that her diplomatic experience qualified her to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
"I understand what disease can do. I understand deeply the economic repercussions for Americans who are suffering enormously and how that suffering has disproportionately affected communities of color in this country, particularly African Americans and Latinos," Rice said on "CBS This Morning."
"So we have an enormous amount of work to do to come together, to tackle these challenges far more effectively and with a collective sense of purpose than what we have seen under Donald Trump's leadership,†she added.
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