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Joe Biden told a rally crowd in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania that he misses up-close campaigning, but doesn’t want his supporters to become “superspreaders”.
“I wish I could go car to car and meet you all,” the former vice-president said at the top of his 25min remarks. “I don’t like the idea of all this distance but it’s necessary. I appreciate you being safe. What we don’t want to do is become superspreaders.”
The US Senate has convened a rare weekend session to continue debate over the confirmation of federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to the supreme court.
Democrats have expressed outrage at the vacancy being filled so close to the election – in fact boycotting Thursday’s vote to advance her nomination to the full Senate – but the Republicans’ 53-37 majority in the upper chamber ensures they have the votes they need to approve her nomination and cement a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court for years to come.
