US elections 2020: Joe Biden seeks to clarify remark on ending oil
US President Donald Trump has seized on a TV debate remark by his White House rival Joe Biden about shutting down the oil industry, as the Democrat scrambled to clear up the confusion.
Biden aides said he had been talking about ending fossil fuel subsidies, not the industry itself, when he spoke of a “transition” from oil, the BBC reported on Saturday.
The Democrat, meanwhile, again attacked Trump’s handling of coronavirus, saying: “He’s quit on America.”
Biden holds a steady lead in polls.
But the margin is narrower in a handful of states that could vote either way and ultimately decide the race on November 3.
