Joe Biden
In reference to a Glenn Kessler “fact check,”[1]
I’m still thinking about a defense of @JoeBiden that boils down to, but #Austerity! And it was uncontroversial!
Those sound like the very reasons we need a revolution.https://t.co/K389BcyeHa
— David Benfell, Ph.D. (@n4rky) March 10, 2020
And Joe Biden is still defending austerity, even in the face of a pandemic.[2]
#JoeBiden just said that he would veto Medicare-for-All if it was passed by the Senate. I wonder if he’s ever thought what would happen if we suddenly found ourselves in a pandemic.
— Stephen Zunes (@SZunes) March 10, 2020
Sorry, but there is simply no defense of capitalist healthcare against coronavirus. In the face of a contagion, with a disease that can be, even if not in most cases, very scary,[3] individualism is delusional and dangerously sociopathic.
But here we are. With the candidate the mainstream of the Democratic Party insists upon.[4]
Glenn Kessler, “Sanders versus Biden on Social Security: a guide to the claims,” MSNBC, March 9, 2020, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/sanders-versus-biden-on-social-security-a-guide-to-the-claims/ar-BB10TIMr
- [1]Glenn Kessler, “Sanders versus Biden on Social Security: a guide to the claims,” MSNBC, March 9, 2020, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/sanders-versus-biden-on-social-security-a-guide-to-the-claims/ar-BB10TIMr↩
- [2]Marina Pitofsky, “Biden cites delays, cost when asked about Medicare for All veto,” Hill, March 10, 2020, https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/486749-biden-cites-delays-cost-when-asked-about-medicare-for-all-veto↩
- [3]Frank Chung, “Chinese doctors say coronavirus ‘like a combination of SARS and AIDS’, can cause irreversible lung damage,” News, March 5, 2020, https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/chinese-doctors-say-coronavirus-like-a-combination-of-sars-and-aids-can-cause-irreversible-lung-damage/news-story/f58f19c5eeae99b845c54e2d2b9305ca↩
- [4]FiveThirtyEight, “The 2020 Endorsement Primary,” March 10, 2020, https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-endorsements/democratic-primary/↩