{"id":1065400,"date":"2021-11-29T16:13:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T21:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065400"},"modified":"2021-11-29T16:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T21:14:03","slug":"psaki-says-biden-was-criticizing-xenophobic-tweet-from-trump-not-travel-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-says-biden-was-criticizing-xenophobic-tweet-from-trump-not-travel-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Says Biden Was Criticizing \u2018Xenophobic\u2019 Tweet From Trump, Not Travel Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-says-biden-was-criticizing-xenophobic-tweet-from-trump-not-travel-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back on allegations President Joe Biden was being hypocritical in issuing travel restrictions on South Africa and other neighboring nations after criticizing the ones former President Donald Trump placed on China.<\/p>\n<p>As a candidate for president, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=1323443694529401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">referred<\/a> to Trump\u2019s \u201chysterical xenophobia\u201d while on stage in Iowa, the same day the administration issued the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/26\/pelosi-refuses-say-trump-ban-china-travel-right-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">travel ban<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/18\/psaki-biden-china-covid-19-origins-wuhan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China<\/a> in response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know we have right now a crisis with the coronavirus, emanating from China,\u201d Biden said to supporters on January 31, 2020. \u201cIn moments like this, this is where the credibility of a president is most needed, as he explains what we should and should not do. This is no time for Donald Trump\u2019s record of hysterical xenophobia and fear mongering to lead the way instead of science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Biden\u2019s previous remarks, Psaki said his critique was not about travel <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/26\/joe-biden-travel-restrictions-south-africa-coronavirus-variant-omicron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">restrictions<\/a>, but instead towards a \u201cxenophobic tweet\u201d sent out by Trump and \u201cwhat he called the coronavirus and who he directed it at,\u201d seemingly referencing the former president labeling COVID-19 the \u201cChinese virus.\u201d Trump also referred to it as the \u201cWuhan\u201d virus and the \u201ckung-flu,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-again-uses-kung-flu-to-describe-coronavirus\/2020\/06\/23\/0ab5a8d8-b5a9-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"14.094182825485\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WH Press Sec. Psaki responds to Fox News\u2019 Peter Doocy\u2019s bad-faith question about travel restrictions:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the president was critical of was the way that the former president put out, I believe, a xenophobic tweet, and what he called the coronavirus and who he directed it at.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O86c8GuaEg\">pic.twitter.com\/O86c8GuaEg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1465388809328152579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe president has not been critical of travel restrictions, we have put those in place ourselves,\u201d Psaki added. \u201cHe believes we should follow the advice of health and medical experts. That\u2019s exactly what he did in putting in place these restrictions over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s comments, however, came before Trump first started using the term \u201cChinese virus,\u201d according to the Post. Psaki might have been referencing a different instance on March 18, 2020, where Biden responded directly to a tweet from Trump. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/28\/anthony-fauci-omicron-inevitably-found-in-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Fauci Says Omicron Variant Will \u2018Inevitably\u2019 Be In US, Speculates It Could Be \u2018Highly Transmissible\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously, and have done a very good job from the beginning, including my very early decision to close the \u2018borders\u2019 from China \u2014 against the wishes of almost all. Many lives were saved,\u201d Trump said in a since-removed tweet, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop the xenophobic fear-mongering. Be honest. Take responsibility. Do your job,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1240361258957897728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the campaign acknowledged support for travel restrictions to combat COVID-19 on March 25, 2020, noting Biden\u2019s tweet was highlighting the severity of the virus and the need for a concrete plan, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Vice President has decried Trump\u2019s xenophobia for years, and was saying that it shouldn\u2019t influence the U.S. approach to this outbreak. This was not in reference to coronavirus travel restrictions,\u201d the spokesperson added. \u201cTravel restrictions, when supported by science, advocated by public health officials, and backed by a full strategy can be warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back on allegations President Joe Biden was being hypocritical in issuing travel restrictions on South Africa and other neighboring nations after criticizing the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}