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9.16am BST
Overnight, New York’s progressive Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given her view on the president’s decision to shut down negotiations for a new coronavirus stimulus and relief package before November’s election.
She described Donald Trump as “walking away from every working person in this country”. She told MSNBC:
We’re already starting to see warning signs of the severe economic and health fallout that is to come. We are on the brink of an eviction crisis not just here in our district, but also across the country 30 to 40 million people are at risk of being evicted. That’s before we even get to mortgages, it’s before we get to unemployment extension. It’s before we get to another second stimulus check and just as we’re entering the fall, we are at risk of a second spike. We are looking at the potential of hunger in the United States exploding on a level that we have never seen since the Great Depression, and all of it is preventable. All of it. All we need to do is authorise a second stimulus check.
“We’re already starting to see warning signs of the severe economic and health fallout that is to come.” – @AOC pic.twitter.com/2bF9Q5wy0X
9.05am BST
We are still quite a few hours away from the Pence-Harris debate – it begins at 9pm ET tonight (that’s 2am on Thursday morning if like me you are in London) – but Adam Gabbatt has got you covered here for everything you need to know in advance about the staging, the moderator, and the format:
It’s been a chaotic few days since Donald Trump was hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus. But there’s a chance for something approaching an episode of normality in US politics on Wednesday, when the first and only vice-presidential debate takes place.
Democratic challenger Kamala Harris and Trump’s vice-president, Mike Pence, will face each other in Utah, where debate organizers have been forced to take extra precautions after Trump and a growing number of his entourage came down with Covid-19 shortly after last week’s first presidential debate. The coronavirus crisis is expected to dominate the proceedings.
Related: What you need to know about the first and only vice-presidential debate
Continue reading…Democrats outraged as Trump halts Covid stimulus talks White House Covid outbreak overshadows VP debateWhat we know and what we don’t about Trump’s healthSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 9.16am BSTOvernight, New York’s progressive Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given her view on the president’s decision to shut down negotiations for a new coronavirus stimulus and relief package before November’s election.She described Donald Trump as “walking away from every working person in this country”. She told MSNBC:We’re already starting to see warning signs of the severe economic and health fallout that is to come. We are on the brink of an eviction crisis not just here in our district, but also across the country 30 to 40 million people are at risk of being evicted. That’s before we even get to mortgages, it’s before we get to unemployment extension. It’s before we get to another second stimulus check and just as we’re entering the fall, we are at risk of a second spike. We are looking at the potential of hunger in the United States exploding on a level that we have never seen since the Great Depression, and all of it is preventable. All of it. All we need to do is authorise a second stimulus check. “We’re already starting to see warning signs of the severe economic and health fallout that is to come.” – @AOC pic.twitter.com/2bF9Q5wy0X 9.05am BSTWe are still quite a few hours away from the Pence-Harris debate – it begins at 9pm ET tonight (that’s 2am on Thursday morning if like me you are in London) – but Adam Gabbatt has got you covered here for everything you need to know in advance about the staging, the moderator, and the format:It’s been a chaotic few days since Donald Trump was hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus. But there’s a chance for something approaching an episode of normality in US politics on Wednesday, when the first and only vice-presidential debate takes place.Democratic challenger Kamala Harris and Trump’s vice-president, Mike Pence, will face each other in Utah, where debate organizers have been forced to take extra precautions after Trump and a growing number of his entourage came down with Covid-19 shortly after last week’s first presidential debate. The coronavirus crisis is expected to dominate the proceedings. Related: What you need to know about the first and only vice-presidential debate Continue reading…