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US Democrat Senate Candidate Jaime Harrison: Joe Biden 'bringing calm to the storm we're in'

In South Carolina Jaime Harrison is running against the Republican incumbent, Senator Lindsay Graham. How has the coronavirus pandemic changed America's political landscape?

The Covid-19 death toll in the US has gone beyond 70,000 and scientists now expect it to go far beyond 100,000 within the next month. At the same time President Trump is doubling down on his calls for American states to relax the lockdown and get back to work. In this presidential election year dealing with the pandemic is now the dominant political issue. HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur speaks to senior Democratic party official and candidate for the US Senate Jaime Harrison. Has Covid-19 changed America鈥檚 political landscape?

(Photo: Jaime Harrison, senior Democratic Party official and candidate for the US Senate)

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