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In an earlier interview on \"This Week\" Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was challenged on Trump's tweet as well. He asserted that there are a number of people at the FDA who do not share the president's urgency on finding a vaccine for COVID-19.
\"He had to make sure that they felt the heat. If they don't see the light, they need to feel the heat because the American people are suffering, this president knows it, and he's going to put it on wherever -- the FDA or NIH or anybody else to make sure that we deliver on behalf of the American people,\" Meadows said.
Bedingfield also added that there is \"no evidence\" that the Trump administration would be able to effectively and properly handle the process of distributing a COVID-19 vaccine equitably and quickly to the American people when one is developed.
\"That is a massive logistical undertaking. It requires planning, it requires organization, it requires execution. And I don't think anybody has seen any evidence from this president, or this government, that they're going to be able to handle that kind of operation,\" she argued.
Following Meadows' signaling of support for a more targeted coronavirus relief bill that addresses some of the Democrats' concerns, including additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, Bedingfield said that Biden would back that step, adding that he wants to get relief to American families suffering from the coronavirus crisis \"immediately.\"
\"He would. He believes that we need to get resources to the post office to insure that they can do their job,\" Bedingfield said. \"He also believes that we need to get money to people who are hurting now.\"
She was also asked about comments made earlier this week by former Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., who is heading Biden's presidential transition team, about not foreseeing a major increase in federal spending if Biden is elected president, which drew backlash from progressive leaders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Bedingfield said the former vice president has no plans to scale back any of his proposals if he wins in November.
\"He is not. If he is president he is going to work to bring along support to get those plans done and move our country forward because he believes that is the right way to build back better,\" Bedingfield said.
Biden campaign's Kate Bedingfield pushes back on criticism that Democrats did not do enough to focus on working class economics during the DNC: \"I think you've heard a lot from Joe Biden about exactly what he'll do as president to build this country back\" https://t.co/GZHiJ1tCRi pic.twitter.com/qcwX5TVFsq
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 23, 2020
On Sunday, she also defended against criticism that Democrats' almost entirely virtual convention did not focus enough on the policy vision Biden is proposing, while at the same time getting in a dig at Republicans ahead of their convention, which is set to begin on Monday.
\"I think you saw a real distinction between what you saw at our convention this past week and what I imagine you're going to see at the Republican convention next week. Especially given the fact that we now know that almost half the speakers who are speaking have the last name Trump. ... You saw real people talking about their experiences, talking about how Donald Trump's leadership has impacted their lives and why they believe that Joe Biden should be president,\" Bedingfield said.
The former vice president's campaign has not said whether or not there are plans for him to travel to any battleground states in the coming weeks, but the Democratic Party and Biden's team are planning counter-programming events on all four nights of the Republican National Convention, tapping top surrogates like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg to participate.
Biden's campaign has not said whether or not he or his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, will be participating in the counter-programming of the RNC.
Watch \"The Ticket: The First Interview,\" a special edition of \"20/20,\" airing Sunday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, in which \"World News Tonight\" anchor David Muir and \"Good Morning America\" co-anchor Robin Roberts conduct the first joint interviews with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris.
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