“Too many folks are caring for kids and aging parents like I did,” Biden said. “I was a single dad for a long time. The joy and love are always there but it’s hard. It’s really, really hard.”

Yesterday in an interview with Milwaukee’s CBS 58, Joe Biden discussed his newly released plan to invest in our caregiving and early childhood education workforce. Vice President Biden also underscored Donald Trump’s failure to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as Wisconsin hit a new daily record of more than 1,000 positive tests.

The interview also aired in Spanish statewide on Telemundo.

CBS 58: Campaign 2020 Exclusive: One-on-one with Joe Biden

In an exclusive one-on-one interview with CBS 58, presumptive democratic nominee Joe Biden says he plans on making his presence felt in Wisconsin through frequent events in order to win back the state that President Trump won in 2016 by fewer than 23,000 votes.

“I have to earn the votes, I have to make it clear. I need the votes.” Biden said in a remote interview. “I’m going to be there. If I can’t be there in person, I’m going to be there [virtually] as often as I can be making the case why we can build this country back better and stronger with Wisconsin as a lead in this effort.”

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“I think the people of Wisconsin know we need real leadership back in the White House,” Biden said. “[…] A president that not only steadily leads them through this crisis but also will help them build back and build back better a more resilient economy.”

Plans for the economy’s recovery from the pandemic has taken center stage among priorities for voters and will likely be among the deciding factors between Biden and Trump. In recent weeks, Biden has rolled out parts of his economic recovery plan – branded as ‘Build Back Better’ – and on Tuesday presented a plan focusing on what he calls the caregiving economy.

“Too many folks are caring for kids and aging parents like I did,” Biden said. “I was a single dad for a long time. The joy and love are always there but it’s hard. It’s really, really hard.”

The former vice president says there is a crisis with caregiving in the country and hopes his plan can address the issue while also bolstering the economy, which has seen such issues only magnified during the pandemic.

“Too many [people] are sitting in the kitchen table now faced with an impossible choice,” Biden said. “Do I stay home and take care of my kids and my parents or do I go to work and earn a paycheck? We need to ease that squeeze on working families.”

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