TO WORK AND I STILL THINK IT’S THE WAY IT OUGHT TO WORK.
>> LAST WEEK OR A FEW DAYS AGO
YOUR CAMPAIGN PUT OUT A PLAN FOR
DEALING WITH PANDEMICS AND THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF THE
LEADERSHIP THAT’S EMANATING FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE?
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU?
>> I AM VERY CONCERNED RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. LOOK, I PUT OUT A PLAN BECAUSE
THAT’S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT.
AND THERE’S A LOT THAT WE COULD
BE DOING RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD ALL GO BACK AND SAY
THERE’S A LOT WE SHOUBLD HAVE
BEEN DOING IN THE PAST.
THE FIRST JOB OF PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES IS TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND THAT MEANS NOT JUST
OUR MILITARY, IT REALLY MEANS
PUBLIC HEALTH.
PUBLIC HEALTH. THAT’S A BIG PART OF IT.
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MAKING
THE CUTS TO CDC AND OTHER PLACES
THAT PUT US MORE AT RISK.
BUT IT ALSO MEANS AS SOON AS
THIS VIRUS STARTED CROPPING UP
ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, WE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF IT.
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUTTING THE
MONEY INTO THE RESEARCH AND INTO
MAKING SURE WE HAVE VACCINES
AVAILABLE, THAT WE HAVE TESTS
AVAILABLE, AND WE NEED A
COORDINATING PERSON IN THE WHITE
HOUSE WHO IS A TRUE LEADER.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE, HE IS THE WRONG
PERSON TO BE LEADING THIS.
HE IS ACTUALLY THE ONE GUY
AROUND WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN
DEALING WITH A VIRUS THAT GETS
OUT OF CONTROL, ONLY HE’S THE
GUY WHO WENT IN EXACTLY THE
WRONG DIRECTION.
WRONG DIRECTION. HE PAID MORE ATTENTION TO
POLITICS THAN HE DID TO SCIENCE,
AND THAT REALLY CREATED A HEALTH
CRISIS IN HIS STATE OF INDIANA.
I CANNOT THINK OF A WORSE PERSON
TO PUT IN CHARGE OF DEALING WITH
THIS CORONAVIRUS NOW.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU’VE BEEN A LAW PROFESSOR A
LAWYER MUCH OF YOUR LIFE, YOU’RE
NOW A UNITED STATES SENATOR.
YOU NEVER HELD AN EXECUTIVE
POSITION, NEVER BEEN A GOVERNOR
OR MAYOR.
OR MAYOR. TO PEOPLE THAT ARE THINKING I
WANT SOMEONE -- I WANT TO KNOW I
CAN TRUST THE PERSON TO MANAGE A
CRISIS LIKE THIS, WHAT DO YOU
SAY TO THEM?
>> DO REMEMBER, ACTUALLY, I’VE
DONE ONE MORE JOB, TWO MORE JOBS
THAT YOU LEFT OUT.
I WAS THE ONE WHO KEPT CALLING
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 2008, I
STARTED IN THE EARLY 2000
RINGING THE ALARM BELLS OVER
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH BANKS.
AND THEN WHEN THE CRISIS CAME,
CONGRESS CAME TO ME, HARRY REID
CAME TO ME AND SAID WE WANT YOU
TO HEAD UP THE CONGRESSIONAL
OVERSIGHT PANEL TO TRY TO GET
SOME ACCOUNTABILITY ON HOW THAT
BANK BAILOUT WAS WORKING.
FROM THERE I ENDED UP WORKING ON
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
BUREAU.
BUREAU. MY EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE, I THINK
I’M THE ONLY ONE RUNNING FOR
OFFICE WHO’S ACTUALLY BEEN ON
THAT SIDE OF IT.
I SET UP AN ENTIRE AGENCY FROM
TWO EMPLOYEES TO ABOUT 1,000
EMPLOYEES, GOT IT ALL
OPERATIONAL, MADE IT ALL WORK,
AND REALLY PUT IN PLACE THE
KINDS OF SAFEGUARDS WE NEED TO
KEEP BANKS FROM BEING ABLE TO
BOOST THEIR PROFITS BY CHEATING
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. UNDERSTAND THIS, CHRIS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE KROEPS,
YES, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH
DEPARTMENT AND OUR MOST
VULNERABLE CITIZENS, ABOUT
BABIES AND SENIORS AND PEOPLE
WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.
THIS IS A CRISIS, BUT IT ALSO
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE AN
ENORMOUS FINANCIAL CRISIS, NOT
JUST HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,
BUT WORLDWIDE.
BUT WORLDWIDE. THINK ABOUT HOW OUR FIVE
LANCASTER BANKS IN AMERICA ARE
CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND
CONNECTED AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY NEED FOR ALL THOSE
BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BORROWED
MONEY FROM THEM TO KEEP PAYING
BACK.
BACK. AND THAT MEANS THEY NEED THOSE
SUPPLY CHAINS OPERATIONAL, THEY
NEED BUSINESS MOVING, THEY NEED
GOODS MOVING, THEY NEED SERVICES
MOVING, THEY NEED PAYMENTS
MOVING.
MOVING. AND ALL OF THAT IS STARTING TO
GET ROCKY.
GET ROCKY. AND ON TOP OF AN ECONOMY THAT
WAS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF
TROUBLE, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
WERE ALREADY IN DEFAULT ON THEIR
LOANS, AND A TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION THAT HAD ALREADY
STRIPPED DOWN MANY OF THE
ECONOMIC TOOLS TO DEAL WITH
THIS.
THIS. SO HEALTH CRISIS, ABSOLUTELY, IT
IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
BUT WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT
NUMBER TWO AS WELL, AND THAT IS
AN ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT
ACCELERATES PROBLEMS AROUND THE
GLOBE.
GLOBE. WE’VE GOT TO BE READY FOR BOTH.
>> ALL RIGHT, SENATOR ELIZABETH
WARREN, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE,