Jill Biden pulls Joe away from reporters when he gets too close as COVID concerns continue following White House outbreak
Jill Biden was taking no chances with the coronavirus on Monday, steering her husband Joe away from reporters in Delaware when she felt he was not maintaining enough distance for safety.
The couple were headed for the campaign trail in Florida, and Joe stopped to talk to reporters before flying to Miami.
As he was speaking, Jill walked up behind him and grabbed his arms, pulling him away from the reporters.
'I'm sorry,' Joe said, as Jill repositioned him.
Jill Biden on Monday repositioned her husband so he was further away from reporters
Jill was concerned that her 77-year-old husband was not far enough from the press
Biden on Monday said he was still hoping to debate Donald Trump on October 15
Both of the Bidens, as well as all of the staff members and reporters visible, were wearing face coverings.
They had both tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday.
Biden indicated that he would show up at the next debate, in Miami on October 15, if he can do so safely.
'Listen to the science. If scientists say that it's safe, then I think that's fine.'
He added: 'I'll do whatever the experts say is appropriate for me to do.'
Asked about Trump's car ride outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to wave at supporters despite being hospitalized with coronavirus, Biden said: 'I'm reluctant to comment on the president's health, what he's doing or not doing. I'll leave that to the doctors.'
Later on Monday evening Biden addressed an NBC town hall in Florida, and said he was not worried about himself having contracted the coronavirus from Trump.
Trump debated him on the same stage in Cleveland on Tuesday, when the president may have already been infected with COVID-19.
Biden blasted the 'macho' refusal to wear masks just minutes after President Trump staged a photo-op and returned to the White House from the hospital and then removed his own mask
He told NBC's Lester Holt he wasn't worried about his own safety.
'I’ve been fastidious about the social distancing,' he said.
But he did take to task the president's family.
Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Lara Trump all took off their masks inside the debate hall.
'It was a little disconcerting to look out and see that his whole section no one had masks on,' he said.
'You could see people coming in and a lot of people didn’t have masks on.'
Biden told Holt he was unimpressed by people who don't wear them.
'Now what is this macho thing I’m not going to wear a mask,' he said.
Asked about Trump's dramatic arrival back at the White House, Biden said: 'I would hope that the president having gone through what he went through, and I’m glad he seems to be coming along pretty well, would communicate the right lesson to the American people.'
He continued: 'Masks matter. These masks, they matter. It matters. It saves lives. It prevents the spread of the disease.'
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