Joe Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for "one hundred days"
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris present their team in Wilmington on December 1, 2020. AP - Andrew Harnik
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The first joint interview of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris since their victory in the US presidential election took place Thursday evening, December 3 on CNN.
The elected president and vice-president listed their priorities: the fight against the pandemic, the economy, racial inequalities and the climate.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have also taken care to distance themselves on the form and substance of the current tenant of the White House.
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With our correspondent in Washington,
Anne Corpet
"
There is not a single decision that I made without discussing it first with Kamala
", assures Joe Biden.
The two Democrats are seated at a distance, but display their closeness.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want to be exemplary in the face of the pandemic, they will both be vaccinated as soon as possible - Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, all former presidents, have agreed to be vaccinated publicly.
The elected president also announces:
“
I will ask the public to wear the mask for a hundred days, to mask themselves just a hundred days,
” the first hundred of his term.
"
And I think we will then see a significant drop
" in the epidemic in the country,
which has been beating record after record for several weeks
.
Asked about the presidential pardons granted by Donald Trump, Joe Biden replied: "
I would have a different approach, and I will not do politics on Twitter
", while Kamala Harris asserts: "
any decision that will come out of the Department of Justice must be based on facts and law, not on policy point.
"
The president-elect praises
his cabinet
"
the most diverse in history, it will be like America,
" he warns.
Asked about the importance of Donald Trump's presence at his inauguration, he laughs and lets go: “
I think it will be important in the sense that it will show that it is the end of the chaos he created.
"
And the president-elect adds: “
I really worry about the image that we present to the rest of the world.
"
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