IF HE WANTS TO IMPOSE A PERMANENT LOCKDOWN COMBINED WITH
A SOCIALIST TAKEOVER OF THE U.S.
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. >> Martha: BIDEN CAMPAIGNS ON
YOUR ADVISOR SIMONE SANDERS
JOINS ME NOW, I WANT TO
THANK YOU VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
HERE. I KNOW IT’S A BIG NIGHT FOR YOUR
TEAM AS JOE BIDEN GETS READY TO
ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT HE NEEDS
TO REALLY DO TONIGHT AND WILL HE
BE ADDRESSING THE KIND OF LARGE,
EMPTY ROOM THAT WE SAW LAST
NIGHT FOR KAMALA HARRIS, WHICH
WAS DIFFICULT.
WAS DIFFICULT. >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
TONIGHT, MARTHA.
TONIGHT, MARTHA. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO CLOSE OUT
OUR CONVENTION WITH
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ACCEPTING
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS AND TONIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN, THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
YOU ARE TO HEAR HIM ARTICULATE
HIS VISION FOR AMERICA.
THROUGHOUT THIS CONVENTION YOU
REALLY HEARD US TALK ABOUT, WE
THE PEOPLE, WE TALKED ABOUT A
MORE PERFECT UNION, HIGHLIGHTED
THE STORIES OF FOLKS FROM ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY, TALKED AND TONIGHT
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROMISE OF AMERICA AND YES,
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE NOT
ADDRESSING A PHYSICAL CROWD IN
THE ROOM BUT WE ARE HAVING
DRIVE-INS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING
HIS SPEECH IN THEIR CARS.
AND WE ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE OF
THE CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19.
WE COULD NOT BE TOGETHER IN
MILWAUKEE BUT WE’VE ORGANIZED
VIRTUALLY AND THERE’S A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT OUT THERE AND WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENING.
>> Martha: WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT, TOO.
AS WE HAVE BEEN COVERING ALL OF
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PENNSYLVANIA
WHICH WE STARTED WITHIN THE
CONVERSATION HERE, I REMEMBER
WHEN WE WERE AT THE TOWN HALL,
BRET BAIER AND I AM WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN SCRANTON,
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
HOMETOWN, THERE WERE A LOT OF
UNION MEMBERS THERE AND THEY
WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY
NO LONGER SUPPORT DEMOCRATS,
THEY NOW SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
IN PENNSYLVANIA. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF
FRACKING-RELATED BUSINESS IN
PENNSYLVANIA SO HOW DOES THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN REACH BACK TO
THOSE BLUE-COLLAR VOTERS WHO
HAVE, MANY OF WHOM ABANDONED THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE LAST TIME
AROUND?
AROUND? >> LOOK, MARTHA, THE FOLKS THAT
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT ARE FOLKS
THAT JOE BIDEN GREW UP WITH,
THIS IS WHO HE IS.
HE OFTEN TALKS ABOUT HIS
SCRANTON ROOTS AND THE WAY THAT
WE REACH THESE VOTERS MUCH LIKE
THE WAY THAT WE REACH YOUNG
VOTERS OR PROGRESSIVE VOTERS IS
SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE ISSUES,
REALLY ADDRESSING THE CRISES
THAT AMERICA IS CURRENTLY
EXPERIENCING.
EXPERIENCING. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
THAT HAS TAKEN, COVID-19 HAS
TAKEN THE LIVES OF MORE THAN
72,000 PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ECONOMIC CRISIS,
FOLKS ARE OUT OF WORK, MORE THAN
60 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FILED FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR OPERATION
IN PENNSYLVANIA, WE WILL BE BACK
AT THE AGAIN VERY SOON, THIS IS
IMPORTANT TO US.
BUT AS YOU KNOW --
>> Martha: THE WAY TO REACH
THOSE BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS IS NOT
THE SAME WAY THAT YOU REACH
PROGRESSIVE VOTERS AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK THAT THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY HAS LEANED TOO FAR TO
REACHING OUT TO THE PROGRESSIVE
VOTERS.
VOTERS. WE HEARD JOE BIDEN SAY THAT HE
WILL BE THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
PRESIDENT EVER IN HISTORY IF HE
IS ELECTED SO I’M THINKING ABOUT
FOLKS IN DELAWARE, IN THOSE
ENERGY BUSINESSES IN
PENNSYLVANIA AND WONDERING WHAT
YOU’RE DOING SPECIFICALLY TO
ADDRESS THEM.
ADDRESS THEM. >> WELL, MARTHA, THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS YOU SAW THIS
WEEK HAS A LARGE TENT AND WHAT
WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT
THIS CONVENTION AND FRANKLY,
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS
CAMPAIGN, IS FOCUSING ON THE
PEOPLE, TALKING ABOUT
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS’ VISION
FOR AMERICA, WHAT WE DO TO MAKE
SURE WE BUILD BACK NOT JUST THE
WAY WE WERE BEFORE BUT BUILD
BACK BETTER, TO CREATE GOOD,
UNION-PAYING JOBS.
UNION-PAYING JOBS. NOW, THAT PRESIDENT ON THE OTHER
HAND, I BELIEVE EVERY WEEK IS
INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK BUT WE HAVE
YET TO SEE AN INFRASTRUCTURE
PLAN, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN LAID
OUT HIS PLAN FOR A CLEAN ENERGY
ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING REALLY
INTERESTING, MARTHA.
INTERESTING, MARTHA. HE SAID THE WAY TO TALK TO
PROGRESSIVES IS NOT THE WAY TO
REACH VOTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA, IF
YOU WILL, WILL IN THIS
PARTICULAR PLAN THAT HE LAID
OUT, ONE OF THE PLANKS OF HIS
BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN, THAT
PLAN WAS LAUDED BY A CLIMATE
ACTIVIST, FOLKS IN THE SUNRISE
MOVEMENT BUT FOLKS FROM THE UAW,
WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT
JOE BIDEN’S PLAN FOR A CLEAN
ENERGY ECONOMY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WILL CREATE GOOD,
UNION-PAYING JOBS.
UNION-PAYING JOBS. >> Martha: IF YOU ARE A
PENNSYLVANIA WORKER --
>> HIS PLAN IS GOOD FOR CLIMATE
AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE SO
THAT’S THE POINT HERE.
>> Martha: I’M SORRY, WE ARE
TALKING OVER EACH OTHER BUT I
WANT TO ASK YOU ONE MORE
QUESTION BEFORE WE RENTED A
TIME, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL
THE VOTER WHO WORKS IN THE
FRACKING BUSINESS IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA WHERE THERE ARE
PROBABLY 200,000 JOBS IN THAT
AREA AND THEY SAY LOOK, I KNOW
HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO LET THE
EXISTING LEASES BE CARRIED OUT
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT ONE, THE
NEXT ONE I’M OUT OF A JOB.
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN DOES NOT
BELIEVE IN BANNING FRACKING,
THAT IS NOT HIS PLAN.
OUR PLAN IS A PLAN THAT CREATES
GOOD UNION PAYING JOBS.
ALSO A PLAN THAT TRANSITIONS US
TO CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY.
AND IT BRINGS EVERYBODY ALONG.
THIS IS NOT A, I THINK WHAT WE
ARE SETTING UP, WITH THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN, FRANKLY, HAS SET UP IS
A FALSE CHOICE HERE.
IT’S NOT DO WE ADDRESS THE
EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAT IS
CLIMATE CHANGE OR MAKE SURE
PEOPLE HAVE JOBS.
NO.
NO. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO BOTH.
AND JOE BIDEN HAS PUT FORTH A
PLAN TO DO JUST THAT.
I LIKE TO SEE THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN’S PLAN, I’D LIKE TO SEE
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET BUT I
WILL KEEP WATCHING.
>> Martha: ALL RIGHT.