CNN’s Ashley Allison: Trump and Biden ‘Are Not in the Same Class’

‘This is the moment to make a decision’

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ALLISON: "I know that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are running against each other, and when you have opponents, you often compare them. They're not in the same class. Donald Trump is an exception to all politicians. And Elliott, to your question, what does it mean after Donald Trump? It means the people in this moment gets to decide if they‘re going to follow in line and try and replicate. This is the moment to make a decision, and these folks are making their point. It‘s hard to swing back the pendulum after these moments when you fall at the — you fall and kiss the ring. So I know people have to take issue with Joe Biden, but I am stepping away from that picture in this moment from stopping to do this comparison of the two. I‘m going to start talking about them in very distinct ways because they are not the lesser -- what is not the lesser of two evils. One is someone who forces people to lose their principles, to not even have principles of their own, meaning Donald Trump, and then other is — meaning Joe Biden in this instance — is someone who has a party that even in this moment they have issues where they might not all agree with one another, but they allow for that to happen because that‘s what happens in democracy.”

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