"SEEN AND UNSEEN." BUT FIRST, JOE’S FANTASY COVID TO FIX. THAT IS THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S "ANGLE." JOE BIDEN MADE A RARE APPEARANCE TONIGHT TO ANSWER SOFTBALL QUESTIONS. >> WALK US WHAT YOU WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY AND ASSUMING ACTUALLY IT’S BY THEN WILL BE WORSE. >> I DON’T KNOW HOW BAD IT IS GOING TO BE. IT WILL HAVE TO BE WORSE BECAUSE HE’S NOT DEALING WITH ANYTHING HE SAID WOULD GO AWAY. IT’S GOING TO BE WORSE. I SPEAK WITH DOXXED THREE TIMES A WEEK SOMETIMES FOUR TIMES A WEEK AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. THEY PREDICT AMONG THEM THAT THERE WILL BE 200,000 DEAD BY THE TIME WE GET TO ELECTION DAY. THEY PREDICT THIS WILL JUST GET WORSE AND WORSE. >> Laura: TRANSLATION: BIDEN SAYS TRUMP BAD ON COVID, VIRUS BAD, SO TRUMP PLUS VIRUS IS WORSE. >> IF I’M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE LIKE THE PRESIDENT, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT ACTION TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS. ONE, YOU NEED MORE TESTING. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO TEST AND TRACE. YOU NEED TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO ASSIST EVERYONE TO WEAR A MASK AND EVERYONE SOCIALLY DISTANCE. THAT BUSINESS DO NOT OPEN IF THEY CANNOT DO THAT. WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE ON THEIR FEET. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HEALTH INSURANCE AS WE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AS WELL AS MAKING SURE NO ONE HAS TO PAY FOR CONTRACTING COVID AND/OR BEING TREATED FOR COVID TO. >> Laura: WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT IS REALISTIC? NO ONE EVER HAS TO PAY FOR ANYTHING! IS HE EVEN AWARE THAT WE’VE DONE MORE TESTING THAN ANY NATION ON EARTH? AS OF TODAY, WE’VE DONE 48.6 MILLION COVID TESTS IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO INDICATION AT ALL THAT BIDEN COULD DO ANYMORE ANY FASTER, AT LEAST WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT. SO THAT IS ALL BUNK. SO WHAT IS LEFT? ROLLING SHUTDOWNS OR A COMPLETE NATIONAL SHUTDOWN UNTIL THE VIRUS MAGICALLY DISAPPEARS. AND WE OPENED UP TOO SOON. WE DIDN’T HAVE THE VIRUS TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL. YOU JUST HAVE TO SHUT DOWN FOR NOW. I THINK THAT GOD IS OUR ONLY WAY OUT. >> IF YOU LEAPFROG OVER DIFFERENT PHASES, YOU INCREASE THE RISK THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE KIND OF RESURGENCE IS THAT WE ARE SEEING. >> HOW MUCH WORSE DOES IT HAVE TO GET IN LOS ANGELES BEFORE YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO ISSUE ANOTHER STAY AT HOME ORDER? >> SURE, WELL, I THINK WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF THAT. >> Laura: I SAID THIS LAST WEEK. I FULLY EXPECT BY OCTOBER, ALL BLUE STATES IN THE UNITED STATES WILL EITHER BE SHUT DOWN OR ON THE WAY TO SHUTDOWN. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE TRIED SHUTTING DOWN ALL ACROSS AMERICA, AND THE VIRUS IS OBVIOUSLY STILL THERE. MEANWHILE, WE LOST MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF JOBS. NOW, DIDN’T TAKE THE HEAVY-HANDED APPROACH AND BASICALLY THROUGH THE WORST OF IT. LET’S GO ON TO TRACING AND TRACKING. THIS MEANS AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT FORCES YOU TO DOWNLOAD AN APP ON YOUR PHONE THAT KEEPS YOU MONITORED IF YOU TEST POSITIVE. NOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PAID TRACKERS -- IT’S LIKE A NEW TSA FOR THE VIRUS TO ROAM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO KEEP US SAFE. YOU KNOW, TO THAT I SAY, WHY DOESN’T NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA SHOW US HOW GREAT THEY ARE TRACING AND TRACKING THEM? WHAT IS STOPPING THEM FROM SHOWING EVERYONE HOW WELL IT WORKS? AND FINALLY I’M ON THE MASK QUESTION, BIDEN SOUNDS LIKE HE WOULD ISSUE SOME SORT OF I GUESS FEDERAL RULE MANDATING MASKS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE FOREVER FOR ALL WE KNOW. MAY BE EVERYWHERE EXCEPT WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY. THAT IS HARD TO SEE ANY OF THAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL. AS WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK, THE SCIENCE ON CLOTH MASKS IS VERY MURKY. THAT IS PUTTING IT CHARITABLY. BUT NEVERTHELESS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EMBRACING THEM, AND THEY MAY MAKE SOME PEOPLE FEEL BETTER AND MORE PATRIOTIC SO THAT IS FINE. BUT LET’S GET REAL HERE. IF THERE WERE A MAGIC DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION TO THE VIRUS, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IN CALIFORNIA GRETCHEN WHITMER AND MICHIGAN WOULD HAVE BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT IT BY NOW. AND ANDREW CUOMO NURSING HOME WOULDN’T BE KILLING FIELDS. RATHER THAN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE REAL TRADE-OFFS IN FIGHTING THE VIRUS, THE LEFT IS LIVING IN LA LOVELAND. BECAUSE THEY ACT LIKE SHUTTING DOWN AND DOING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN HAS ZERO CONSEQUENCE. THROWING PEOPLE UNDER THE UNEMPLOYMENT ROLLS HOWEVER WE KNOW HAS MAJOR CONSEQUENCES. MANY OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE BARELY HOLDING ON AS IT IS. AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TO HOLD OUT DON’T MAKE THE RUG PULLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THEM AGAIN. PAIN COMES IN MANY FORMS, WE ALL KNOW THAT BUT INSTEAD OF RECOGNIZING IT, THIS IS A TRAGEDY CAUSED BY TRAINING AND ONE NEITHER REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS COULD EASILY SOLVE MY DEMOCRATS AND THEIR MEDIA PLAYING ELECTION YEAR POLITICS AND I GUESS IT’S TO BE EXPECTED, BUT WOULDN’T IT BE NICE EVERY NOW AND THEN IF GOOD NEWS OR EVEN GOOD TRENDS WERE EMBRACED BY BOTH PARTIES? LOOK AT THIS GRAPH. DEATH AND HOSPITALIZATIONS LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE PEAKED IN ARIZONA, GOING DOWN, THE LET’S HOPE THEY KEEP DOING THAT. THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC. AND E.R. VISITS WITH SUSPECTED COVID CASES HAVE BEGIN TO DROP. VENTILATOR USES HAVE ALSO DECREASED. THE DEATH TOLL IN TEXAS PEAKED AT 174 LAST WEEK AND HAS BEEN TRICKLING DOWN SINCE THEN. WE WILL LOOK FOR THE SAME TREND IN FLORIDA LATER THIS WEEK. BUT THE REASON WE CAN’T HAVE A SERIOUS GROWN-UP CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY TIME SOME COUNTY AND SOME STATE HAS AN UPTICK IN SOME INFECTION, THE PRESS SCREAMS "IT’S ALL TRUMP’S FAULT. YOU SEE, WE OPENED UP TOO FAST!" I’M HERE TO TELL YOU IT IS CHILDISH AND STUPID. SAME WITH PROMISING LOCKDOWNS WON’T COST OUR COUNTRY DEARLY OR PRETENDING WE CAN KEEP BORROWING AND PRINTING MONEY TO COVER ALL NONESSENTIAL SALARIES UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS GONE. THAT IS CALLED MAILBOX MONEY. TRY HIRING SOMEONE IN A RESTAURANT TODAY. WE NEED TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE TRADE-OFF OF EVERY MOVE WE MAKE IN RESPONSE TO THIS VIRUS. THINK ABOUT IT. DOCTORS FOCUS PRIMARILY ON ONE THING: THE MEDICAL SIDE APPEAR THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO. BUT IT IS THE PRESIDENT’S JOB TO FOCUS ON THE WHOLE COUNTRY. OUR ELDERLY ARE NOW SUFFERING ALONE. OUR CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING BY STAYING AT HOME. PARENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY CAN POSSIBLY MANAGE IT ALL. AND EMPLOYERS ARE BEGINNING TO DO THE MATH AND THE NUMBERS ARE UGLY. AND OF COURSE, AMERICANS MOSTLY THE ELDERLY ARE COMPROMISED, ARE STILL TRAGICALLY SUCCUMBING TO THE VIRUS. BUT HERE, AS WE HAVE SHOWN YOU, THAT DEATHS HAVE BEEN STEADILY DECLINING SINCE THEIR PEAK IN MARCH. TRUMP’S APPROACH BEEN WISE. HE COULDN’T LOSE THE ENTIRE U.S. ECONOMY BY MANDATING A LOCKDOWN OF 330 MILLION AMERICANS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RIDICULOUS, ABUSIVE. PLUS AS WE SAW IN MAY, THE DEMOCRATS WERE FINE WITH PROTESTERS WHO GATHERED BY THE THOUSANDS, SOME OF THEM, BY THE SMASHING UP THE PLACE IN PORTLAND, OREGON. THOSE ARE STILL BEING EXCUSED BY THE LEFT, AND WE ARE BEING CRITICIZED AS I MENTIONED "HANNITY" FOR COVERING THEM. >> THEY ARE REAL PROBLEMS IN PORTLAND, BUT IT IS MADE UP ON FOX NEWS LIKE IT IS THIS RAGING FIRE OUT OF CONTROL. AND THAT IS A GROSS EXAGGERATION. IT JUST IS A GROSS EXAGGERATION. >> Laura: SO THE DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING FREE LOCKDOWNS AND IN THE EXEMPTION FROM THE LOCKDOWNS TO ANYONE WHO AGREES WITH THEM, THEIR AGENDA. NOW, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT OFFER KIND OF WOULD HAVE BEEN APPEALING TO FOLKS WHO REALIZE LOCKDOWNS ACTUALLY CARRY IT IN ENORMOUS COST THAT CAN BE MADE UP WITH NEW WELFARE PROGRAMS. I’M TALKING HUMAN COSTS, MORE LIVES, OTHER ILLNESSES, NOT ATTENDED TO. IN REALITY, WE NEED A SERIOUS AND WE NEED A BALANCED APPROACH TO LOWER THE HARM CAUSED BY THE VIRUS WHILE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO PROTECT THE ECONOMY, OUR FAMILIES, OUR KIDS, AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO GOVERNORS IN PLACES LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA TRIED THIS MORE NUANCED APPROACH, AND IT WILL NOT BE PERFECT, NOTHING IS. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, BY A LONG SHOT. BUT IT IS HARD TO DEFEND AND EXPLAIN THEY WANT SOMETIMES, ISN’T IT? MUCH EASIER TO SCREAM "WE NEED A NATIONAL PLAN!" SO THE VOTERS ARE TURNING AGAINST THE G.O.P. BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN TELLING THEM THREE THINGS THEY DON’T WANT TO HEAR. NUMBER ONE, OVER TIME, YOU CAN ONLY BECOME PROSPEROUS BY WORKING FOR IT, NOT BY BORROWING MONEY OR PRINTING IT. NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN’T CURE A VIRUS BY SHUTTING DOWN YOUR ECONOMY AND HIDING FROM IT. AND NUMBER THREE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH SYMPATHY YOU HAVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, IT IS A MISTAKE TO ENCOURAGE RIOTS AND LOOTING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. NOW, THESE ARE THINGS A LOT OF VOTERS MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR NOW. AND REPEATING THEM MAY HURT THE G.O.P. IN THE SHORT RUN.
