Kate Bedingfield assured worried, more-leftist Democrats that President-elect Joe Biden will ‘meet this moment.’ President-elect Joe Biden has a lot of people, progressive and otherwise, to thank for his historic victory in Tuesday’s 2020 presidential election. Biden for President Deputy Campaign Manager Kate Bedingfield, who was also the campaign’s communications director, responded to remarks made by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who did an interview with The New York Times in which she expressed concern about a Biden presidency, addressing progressives’ issues.