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Conservatives are accusing President Biden of hypocrisy after he announced travel restrictions against eight African countries.
During the 2020 campaign, critics noted, Biden accused former President Donald Trump of racism and xenophobia for enacting similar travel bans.
Despite the way it is being framed in some outlets, however, the tweet embedded below does not actually address the COVID-19 pandemic:
Instead, it was posted in response to a Trump administration policy that would make it more difficult for citizens of Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan to obtain immigrant visas. When asked by reporters what the rationale was for the policy, Department of Homeland Security officials cited concerns about passports and information sharing, not COVID-19.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/conservatives-cry-hypocrisy-biden-bans-184421803.html
They really are fucking stupid aren't they.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The former guy restricted travel from Muslim countries to appeal to his racist base.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,125 posts)To compare anything they did to wat Biden does is just stupid.
Jedi Guy
(3,260 posts)One of these policies was put in place to help mitigate a threat to public health. The other was put in place because "derp, Mooslims bad, derp." But yeah, sure, they're totally the same and Biden is a hypocrite.