Biden will listen to experts: Day 33 of 100 days of loving Joe Biden

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Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 at 4:03:12am PDT

Biden will listen to experts if elected

Trump's Democratic challenger Joe Biden had a fresh idea—why not listen to the experts when they tell you things aren't going so great and, in fact, they totally suck, no matter what that tiny voice in your head is saying.

"It's hard to believe this has to be said," Biden said, retweeting Trump's hit on Birx, "but if I'm elected president, I’ll spend my Monday mornings working with our nation’s top experts to control this virus — not insulting them on Twitter."

It’s hard to believe this has to be said, but Biden seems to believe in the virtue of keeping Americans alive, in contrast with the GOP death cult. He has also pooh-poohed drinking bleach as a coronavirus cure, because he’s sane. And just maybe, as president, Biden wouldn’t spend the entirety of his day sipping diet cokes, drinking in Fox News sludge, and then spewing it back at America ad nauseam.

from May: Biden Says He Would Tell Governors to 'Listen to Dr. Fauci' and 'Facts' if He Were President

“Do you believe states are opening up too quickly or too slowly?” George Stephanopoulos asked the Democratic presidential nominee Tuesday on Good Morning America. “If you were President right now, what would you be telling governors to do?”

“I would be telling governors to listen to Dr. Fauci,” Biden responded. “Listen to the scientists. Listen to what the facts are.”

From April: Biden to Trump on Coronavirus: "Follow The Science, Listen To The Experts, Do What They Tell You"

During an interview Sunday on ABC's "This Week," presidential candidate Joe Biden said that he would follow the CDC's new recommendation to wear a mask when in public and urged President Trump to do the same.

"I think it’s important to follow the science. Listen to the experts. Do what they tell you," Biden said.

Biden’s respect for experts is so legendary, that he was endorsed by many of them during the primary → Scientists and climate experts endorse Joe Biden for president

Over 80 scientists, including prominent climate experts, are out with an open letter endorsing Joe Biden just ahead of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

What they're saying: "We are confident that, unlike President Trump, Joe Biden will respect, collaborate with, and listen to leaders in the scientific community and public health experts to confront the existential climate crisis and other environmental threats," the letter states.

"Biden’s plan to address climate change leads with science and facts and pledges U.S. leadership on climate action," it states.

Who they are: Signatories include the prominent Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann and Jane Lubchenco, who ran NOAA under former President Obama.