Factbase Transcripts

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:00-00:00:00 ( sec)

"Sir --" 1

Mike Siegel

Neutral

00:00:00-00:00:00 (1 sec)

"Holy smokes. The President." 2

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:00-00:00:01 ( sec)

"This is Mike. This is Mary." 3

Jerry Siegel

Positive

00:00:01-00:00:02 (1 sec)

"Oh my goodness." 4

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:02-00:00:03 (1 sec)

"How you doing, Mike?" 5

Mike Siegel

Very Positive

00:00:03-00:00:04 (1 sec)

"Great to see you, sir." 6

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:00:04-00:00:19 (15 sec)

"Mike, I spent a lot of time trying to put together, uh, attacking this COVID in a big way, to put people back in the position, they can regain their life again. How many employees do you have? 20?" 7

Mike Siegel

Slightly Positive

00:00:19-00:00:26 (7 sec)

"20. 21. Yeah." 8

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:26-00:00:28 (2 sec)

"How are you all doing?" 9

Unidentified

Very Positive

00:00:28-00:00:29 (1 sec)

"We're good. Good." 10

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:29-00:00:32 (2 sec)

"Mr. President, my mom says "Hi." [Laughter]" 11

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:32-00:00:32 (1 sec)

"What's your mom's name?" 12

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:32-00:00:32 ( sec)

"Judy." 13

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive

00:00:32-00:00:33 (1 sec)

"Well, do you have a phone?" 14

Unidentified

Slightly Positive

00:00:33-00:00:35 (1 sec)

"Okay, it says it's connecting. Mom?" 15

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:35-00:00:38 (3 sec)

"Hey Judy. My name is Joe Biden. How are you?" 16

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:38-00:00:38 ( sec)

"[Laughter]" 17

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:38-00:00:42 (4 sec)

"I came to the hardware store to buy a pair of pliers." 18

Joe Biden

Leans Negative

00:00:42-00:00:50 (8 sec)

"400,000 small businesses went out of business. They got in line, but they couldn't get the help. What -- what hit you the hardest when the pandemic hit?" 19

Mike Siegel

Positive

00:00:50-00:01:13 (22 sec)

"The biggest challenge was, what were we going to do with our staff? You know, there were so many uncertainties related to what the virus actually did. Um, the first thing that we did was we took all of our at-risk employees and we sent them home and we paid them through that entire process. Now, obviously that was that was not cost effective, but we felt like we had to do that for our -- for our employees." 20

Mike Siegel

Very Positive

00:01:13-00:01:29 (17 sec)

"What government needs to do moving forward is you need to have, particularly on a local level, we need, um, people to talk to their local businesses and come up with smart, intelligent plans so the people who are doing things the right way aren't negatively affected." 21

Mike Siegel

Neutral

00:01:29-00:01:32 (2 sec)

"How about this, uh, pair of Stanley's here?" 22

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive

00:01:32-00:01:32 ( sec)

"Yeah." 23

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:01:32-00:01:34 (2 sec)

"When did your family take over this?" 24

Mike Siegel

Neutral

00:01:34-00:01:38 (4 sec)

"My grandfather bought it in 1952." 25

Unidentified

Positive

00:01:38-00:01:40 (2 sec)

"Are you a Jenks rewards member?" 26

Unidentified

Neutral

00:01:40-00:01:40 ( sec)

"[Laughter]" 27

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:01:40-00:01:43 (3 sec)

"Not yet." 28

Mike Siegel

Very Positive

00:01:43-00:02:05 (22 sec)

"I think anybody who's followed your career, particularly over the last 15 years -- I mean, you are the hope and optimism guy, and we need some of that right now. I mean, we need a President who's out there saying the end of this is coming. We're going to get through this we're going to come out stronger, and small business will survive, and I think, just from a personal standpoint, hearing that from the White House will mean a lot to a good number of people." 29