Executive
President Biden reverses stance, announces regulations on travel from China
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new travel restrictions on travel from China, requiring travelers to test negative for COVID-19 prior to boarding their flight to the U.S.
The policy will go into effect on Jan. 5. It largely created due to China’s lack of transparency in their monitoring of COVID-19 cases. The restriction applies to all travellers coming from China, and not just Chinese citizens.
Many have criticized the move since President Joe Biden previously attacked then-President Donald Trump in 2020 for enacting a similar travel restriction, which he suggested was xenophobic.
Trump’s policy, announced in Jan. 2020, restricted travel from China after COVID-19 began to spread to the United States. Biden, who was running for president at the time, quickly attacked Trump for “fear-mongering.”
“This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysterical xenophobia and fear-mongering to lead the way instead of science.”
He later added, “We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering.”
As the coronavirus continued to spread across the globe, Trump enacted further restrictions limiting travel from Europe, to which Biden tweeted: “A wall will not stop the coronavirus. Banning all travel from Europe — or any other part of the world — will not stop it. This disease could impact every nation and any person on the planet — and we need a plan to combat it.”
When the pandemic worsened, Biden’s team began to walk back his prior comments, and said that his tweet accusing Trump of xenophobia was “not in reference to coronavirus travel restrictions.”
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
-
Education4 days ago
CHAPTER 13: Fomenting Race Wars Begins in Kindergarten
Space Is No Longer the Final Frontier—Reality Is [forthcoming release May 2024] -
Executive3 days ago
CHAPTER 14: Changing Hearts and Minds
Space Is No Longer the Final Frontier—Reality Is [forthcoming release May 2024] -
Guest Columns3 days ago
When Artificial Intelligence Tells You What A “Useful Idiot” In The Mainstream Media Cannot — The Truth
-
Executive3 days ago
Trump is not a paranoiac after all
-
Executive5 days ago
Censorship Industrial Complex redux
-
Civilization19 hours ago
Rafah incursion under way
-
Clergy4 days ago
Which One Is Worse, John Lindell Or Mark Driscoll? SHAMEFUL! (Videos)
-
Executive5 days ago
Don’t Let Colorado Become the Next Energy Crisis State