Biden Townhall - Joe is solid! He impressed a woman who voted trump in 2016. *Running commentary*

[Roland99]

Wonderful dialogue

[exboyfil]

1. You better believe it

At least an off the wall triple.

[we can do it]

2. I agree

[madaboutharry]

3. See how easy it is to treat women respectfully?

That is why women are voting for Joe.

[Roland99]

4. And he's nailing this question about rolling back the Trump tax cuts but not affecting middle class

It’s obvious this guy ask him the question was just rolling out a right wing talking points. But Biden is focusing on the tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy, not rolling back trumps middle class tax cuts

[Claustrum]

7. I am so happy with Biden's economy answer

He is so well prepared and he has a plan and numbers ready.

[onetexan]

8. Joe's memory is as sharp as ever. He's answering this question re: taxes extremely well.

[elleng]

21. Damn right, recalls issues and solutions.

[SlogginThroughIt]

13. Yep! Knocked it out of the park!

[onetexan]

5. Joe's killing it. Can't believe anybody right now would be undecided.

[bdamomma]

9. how can you be "undecided"

don't they know we are slipping into darkness.

[onetexan]

11. apparently not.

[Roland99]

6. This is essentially a series of one on one encounters with Biden and questioners

This is a wonderful and excellent platform for him to get his policies and his agenda across and to cut through the right wing bullshit

[Roland99]

10. Touching on investment in green infrastructure, such as 500,000 charging stations for vehicles

[Roland99]

12. Said if you have to do it by executive order then it's not democracy,

Said we need to work off of a consensus

[Roland99]

14. Now going on about HBCUs and higher education for minorities

He’s nailing this on all of the individual minor details, budget amount set aside for colleges, % disparity of housing prices between black and white neighborhoods, etc.

[Roland99]

15. Now on the crime bill

Said every member of the Black caucus voted for it. Said they didn’t have mandatory sentences back then. Saying it’s a different bill or policy now then what was past then

Said he’s not for imprisoning for drug use. Implying for the dealers and the distribution of it

[Roland99]

17. Mistakes came at the state level. States building more prisons

[Roland99]

18. Look at sentencing between white and black offender. Blacks 2-3x longer sentences

[FarPoint]

16. I totally agree....

Quick, detailed, accurate!

[Roland99]

19. Wants to set up a study group with cops, social workers, members of minority communities.

And to come up with solutions for how to police communities

Saying good cops get intimidated by bad cops. And end up not reporting on them. Need to add transparency to police forces to allow bad cops to be filtered out

[elleng]

20. Yes, great and informed responses.

[emmaverybo]

22. Good command of facts, policy. Confident, but not cocky. Not defensive. Such a departure from

Trump’s angry bloviating and self-praise.

[Roland99]

23. Question with concerns about restoring balance to courts

and expressed LGBTQ concerns

Biden says he has fought for equality across-the-board. And yes there is concern for the community with this new supreme court judge

[Roland99]

24. I have a feeling there's a position for Buttigieg in a Biden administration

He keeps referring to Mayor Pete in this discussion about courts and balance

[Roland99]

25. Biden saying he will have an answer about so-called court packing before the election

He’s waiting to see how Republicans handle this current nominee

[Roland99]

26. Question from Kasich voter. Questioner dad was in Reagan admin

Saying Trump is responsible for this toxic environment

How would Biden restore order in decency to the political climate


Biden is saying grudges do not work. Joking that how can he be Irish if he doesn’t hold a grudge

[Roland99]

27. Biden saying he would pick up the phone and call people on the other side.

As soon as Trump is out-of-the-way, Biden is saying, you will see several Republican senators willing to start engaging in bipartisan discussion

[murdock744]

28. Exactly!

We need to embrace THIS! Working WITH Republicans.. Follow the lead of our future President!

[Roland99]

29. Biden saying he will not politicize the department of justice

He will hire first-rate prosecutors. They are not his lawyers. Let them make the judgments on what to pursue

[Roland99]

30. Just before the break, Biden was ripping Trump on using the justice department as his personal lawye

In terms of cases of rape and hiding his tax returns

[Roland99]

31. Pittsburgh businesswoman who's undecided this year

Question about fracking effects on waterways. Made people sick and affected wildlife.

What industries that are not harmful to health are you planning for southwest Pennsylvania

[Roland99]

32. Says he's for responsible fracking. Not really sure what that is though

Wants to work on bringing down the cost per BTU for wind and solar it to get it below fossil fuels and also increase employment in those fast growing areas

[Roland99]

33. By 2035 wants net zero carbon generation

[Roland99]

34. Part of infrastructure plan is apparently to weatherize millions of homes and businesses

[Roland99]

36. Says the new green deal wants to eliminate all non-renewable energy sources by 2030

Saying that is not an achievable goal

I tend to agree since that’s only 10 years away

[Roland99]

35. Would stop tax breaks and subsidies to oil

[Roland99]

37. ANOTHER trump '16 voter. Doesn't trump deserve credit for peace breaking out all over the world?

He mentioned Serbia, Israel, etc.

Biden replying Iran still pushing for nuclear. Tensions in Southeast Asia with Japan and Korea.

[Roland99]

38. Mentioning Belarus as a rise in totalitarianism

He gets love letters from Kim in North Korea. He doesn’t take on Putin in anyway.

No, there is no coherent foreign policy

[Roland99]

39. We don't lead the World by showing our power. But by the power of our policies

[Lucinda]

40. KNR

[Roland99]

41. Mika. First time voter. Questioning about transgender attacks from the Trump admin

How will you reverse this dangerous and discriminatory agenda and ensure that the lives and rights of transgender and gay people are protected under US law

“I will flat out reverse those executive orders”

[AleksS]

42. "And I'm proud of that."

Joe. I'm not crying! You're crying!

Knocking the question about LGBTQ rights out of the park.

[Roland99]

43. And his personal story of seeing a gay couple kissing.

When he was a kid and his father looking at him and going they love each other. That’s all he needed to know

[Roland99]

44. If you lose, how will you use your platform to influence trump

In terms of race relations


Biden trying to answer what is, in essence, a completely unanswerable question. Everyone knows trump will listen to no one other than himself and Stephen Miller

[AleksS]

50. I thought that too.

If Trump wins, I cannot imagine what would possibly steer him? The only lesson he learns is to take revenge on his "enemies" after he wins anything. If he wins the election, it will not be good.

[Roland99]

45. Unless we treat everyone equally, we will never reach our potential

BAM!!

[Roland99]

46. We gotta heal this country

We are in a great position to own the 21st century. And we cannot do that if we’re divided

[Roland99]

47. George asking about another debate

Biden saying he will abide by commission rules. That he is getting tested every day and has been transparent about it

And he expects to be at the debate.

And that’s a wrap!

[Roland99]

48. Le fin

[R B Garr]

49. That was fantastic. Very well done. Even George S.

said Biden did our democracy a favor.