{"id":1568538,"date":"2022-07-24T07:44:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568538"},"modified":"2022-07-24T08:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:22:01","slug":"senators-ted-cruz-and-marsha-blackburn-want-novak-djokovic-to-compete-in-the-u-s-open-call-joe-bidens-policies-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-ted-cruz-and-marsha-blackburn-want-novak-djokovic-to-compete-in-the-u-s-open-call-joe-bidens-policies-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Ted Cruz And Marsha Blackburn Want Novak Djokovic To Compete In The U.S. Open, Call Joe Biden\u2019s Policies \u201cAbsurd\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/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%2Fsenators-ted-cruz-and-marsha-blackburn-want-novak-djokovic-to-compete-in-the-u-s-open-call-joe-bidens-policies-absurd%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=1568538&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--><p>Serbian tennis champion Novak Djokovic and his stand against forced vaccinations is still continuing to draw support against the United States\u2019 COVID policies, including several high profile Republican senators who are speaking against such policies as the one\u2019s preventing him from competing in the US Open because he isn\u2019t vaccinated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Novak Djokovic via BBC News YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, the US Open went ahead and actually included Djokovic\u2019s name on the official entry list for the men\u2019s singles division, however, they decided to add a Disclaimer to it stating that should the Serbian not participate, it is due to the policies of President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is one of the few internationally recognized athletes in the world who has spoken out against vaccine mandates, thus making him a target for politicians, sports pundits, and the media because he has refused to comply.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign to attack his reputation began in January when he received an exemption to the vaccine requirement for entry to compete in the Australian Open. When pro-vaccine forces saw this, they compelled the government to temporarily imprison him until he could be deported, with officials saying that the drastic reversal was done to prevent spurring any \u201canti-vaccine sentiment.\u201d The government\u2019s defense for allowing him in the country in the first place? A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/17\/australia-confirms-it-granted-novak-djokovic-a-valid-visa-blames-computer\/\">computer<\/a> glitch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.22-08.46-themixnet-62db0c9674f5a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1746\" height=\"870\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters in Belgrade welcoming Djokovic after his deportation from Australia via No Comment TV YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/john-mcenroe-blasts-politicians-for-refusing-to-allow-novak-djokovic-to-play-in-the-us-open-over-his-vaccination-status\/\">John McEnroe Blasts Politicians For Refusing To Allow Novak Djokovic To Play In The US Open Over His Vaccination Status<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Months later despite being attacked by pro-vaccine propagandists in the media around the world, Djokovic would still go on to compete and become victorious at this summer\u2019s Wimbledon championship in England.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic\u2019s absence from the US Open, which he has won on three separate occasions in the past, will be deeply felt within the tennis community if he does indeed not participate because of the CDC\u2019s policy. The CDC currently doesn\u2019t allow non-citizens entry into the country without vaccination unless they fit into a vary narrow area of exemptions, none of which the healthy and athletic Djokovic falls into.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.22-08.46-themixnet-62db0c9ca773b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"786\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Ted Cruz via Sky News YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails from TheMix.net. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Within moments of the news breaking regarding the US Open\u2019s Disclaimer under Djokovic\u2019s name, Republican senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, immediately pointed to Joe Biden\u2019s strict policies regarding CVID entry restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet Novak Djokovic play,\u201d said Cruz in an exclusive statement given to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11036823\/Sen-Ted-Cruz-blasts-Joe-Bidens-absurd-refusal-ease-entry-restrictions-Novak-Djokovic.html\">the Daily Mail<\/a>. Cruz continued to call these entry restrictions for non-vaccinated individuals \u201cabsurd\u201d and went as far as to say that the President was intentionally \u201cpushing for a forever pandemic\u201d as a sort of long-term power play.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.22-08.46-themixnet-62db0ca4ba4e3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1726\" height=\"862\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Marsha Blackburn via LiveSigning YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn echoed Cruz\u2019s remarks, saying, \u201cIt is absurd that Novak Djokovic is not allowed to enter the USA. No one should ever be punished for not being vaccinated, but the left has realized if COVID is over, they will lose control over Americans\u2019 lives. That\u2019s why Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci are pushing for a forever pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.22-08.46-themixnet-62db0cad04103.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"491\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Marsha Blackburn Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do you think Djokovic should be able to compete in the US Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/novak-djokovics-wife-goes-after-nyt-reporter-who-called-him-anti-vax-posterboy\/\">Novak Djokovic\u2019s Wife Goes After NYT Reporter Who Called Him \u201cAnti-Vax Poster Boy\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian tennis champion Novak Djokovic and his stand against forced vaccinations is still continuing to draw support against the United States\u2019 COVID policies, including several high profile Republican senators who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575333,"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-1568538","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\/1568538","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}