{"id":462980,"date":"2021-04-30T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462980"},"modified":"2021-04-30T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:05:37","slug":"biden-slammed-for-banning-travel-from-india-after-what-he-said-when-trump-banned-travel-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-banning-travel-from-india-after-what-he-said-when-trump-banned-travel-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Slammed For Banning Travel From India After What He Said When Trump Banned Travel From China"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fbiden-slammed-for-banning-travel-from-india-after-what-he-said-when-trump-banned-travel-from-china%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=462980&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4276.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Critics slammed Democrat President Joe Biden on Thursday for banning travel coming from India\u00a0after he criticized former President Donald Trump for banning travel from China following the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan more than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden is expected to impose new travel restrictions on India starting Tuesday in light of the COVID-19 epidemic, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States,\u201d Reuters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/exclusive-biden-set-ban-most-travel-us-india-limit-covid-19-spread-2021-04-30\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe new restrictions are on the advice of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are imposed \u2018in light of extraordinarily high COVID-19 case loads and multiple variants circulating in India.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s current wave of coronavirus is so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/india-coronavirus-cases-deaths.html\">severe<\/a> that the nation accounted for more than half of the world\u2019s reported coronavirus cases for the month of April. Experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/24\/world\/asia\/india-coronavirus-deaths.html?searchResultPosition=1\">warn<\/a> that India\u2019s numbers are likely being undercounted for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Following the news that Biden would ban travel coming from India, which does not include U.S. citizens, many online noted that Biden criticized Trump for banning travel from China near the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration announced on January 31 actions to restrict travel coming in from China during the early days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White House declared a \u2018public health emergency\u2019 and \u2014 beginning on Sunday at 5 p.m. \u2014 will bar non-U.S. citizens who recently visited China from entering the United States, subject to a few exemptions,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2020\/01\/31\/trump-weighs-tighter-china-travel-restrictions-response-coronavirus\/\">reported<\/a> at the time. \u201cThe new travel and quarantine measures, which appeared to be unprecedented on such a scale, were part of a rapidly evolving international response to the growing health scare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The day following the move by the Trump administration, Biden wrote on Twitter: \u201cWe are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science \u2014 not Donald Trump\u2019s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. He is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fact-checkers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2020\/oct\/23\/donald-trump\/trump-repeats-flawed-claim-biden-opposed-trumps-co\/\">rushed<\/a> to Biden\u2019s defense, claiming that Biden did not oppose Trump\u2019s travel restrictions because Biden did not specifically mention the travel restrictions and because Biden had called Trump similar names in the past. Biden\u2019s campaign\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/03\/politics\/joe-biden-trump-china-coronavirus\/index.html\">claimed<\/a> a couple of months later that Biden supported the ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.351351351351\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science \u2014 not Donald Trump\u2019s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. He is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1223727977361338370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, several weeks later, Biden directly attacked Trump in a statement responding to Trump mentioning the travel restrictions placed on China.<\/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 \u2013 against the wishes of almost all,\u201d Trump tweeted on March 18. \u201cMany lives were saved. The Fake News new narrative is disgraceful &#038; false!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gyvFb#selection-3043.0-3078.0\">responded<\/a> to Trump\u2019s tweet by writing: \u201cStop the xenophobic fear-mongering. Be honest. Take responsibility. Do your job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s tweet, which is featured below, does not show Trump\u2019s original tweet because Twitter censored Trump by banning him from their platform. An archive of Trump\u2019s tweet can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/x22b4#selection-42421.0-42421.278\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6875\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop the xenophobic fear-mongering. Be honest. Take responsibility. Do your job. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nQ5aLVrpyb\">https:\/\/t.co\/nQ5aLVrpyb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1240361258957897728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An even more damning tweet from Biden came on April 30, when Biden wrote on Twitter: \u201cA wall will not stop the coronavirus. Banning all travel from Europe \u2013 or any other part of the world \u2013 will not stop it. This disease could impact every nation and any person on the planet \u2013 and we need a plan to combat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.320895522388\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A wall will not stop the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Banning all travel from Europe \u2014 or any other part of the world \u2014 will not stop it.<\/p>\n<p>This disease could impact every nation and any person on the planet \u2014 and we need a plan to combat it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1238254697695326209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are some of the responses that Biden received online to his India travel ban:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.393333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden called Trump \u201cxenophobic\u201d when he restricted travel from China early on in the pandemic. Now, Joe Biden has announced he\u2019s restricting travel from India due to a surge in COVID-19 cases there.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t wait to see how Jen Psaki spins this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1388211610234368007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2639593908629\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2006 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>: \u201cyou cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin&#8217; Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2021 Joe Biden: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2oW3WjFGKX\">pic.twitter.com\/2oW3WjFGKX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cardillo (@johncardillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johncardillo\/status\/1388204059069386755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.0397350993377\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>XENOPHOBIA!! RACISM!! <\/p>\n<p>White House to restrict travel from India <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDQJOueHV0\">https:\/\/t.co\/KDQJOueHV0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArthurSchwartz\/status\/1388203131805347841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9007092198582\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seems awfully xenophobic and racist (to use the left\u2019s parlance). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lv7VvjGgBo\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lv7VvjGgBo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzPatterson\/status\/1388216414981423104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5176470588235\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were told this was xenophobic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QRPeFyEVrU\">https:\/\/t.co\/QRPeFyEVrU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YAF (@yaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaf\/status\/1388212070903164929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.2051282051282\">\n<p lang=\"eu\" dir=\"ltr\">XENOPHOBE!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dh8ZHGKlN4\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dh8ZHGKlN4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric July (@EricDJuly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricDJuly\/status\/1388223828069920773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.528409090909\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seriously though, China sent us this virus. China is an arch enemy of India. Biden family is very close to China, as are its corporate cronies. Instead of sending HELP to our ally India, he sets up this ban with no self-awareness of how Democrats characterized travel bans before. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O4W7wHbtOk\">https:\/\/t.co\/O4W7wHbtOk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pnjaban\/status\/1388207568758005761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics slammed Democrat President Joe Biden on Thursday for banning travel coming from India\u00a0after he criticized former President Donald Trump for banning travel from China following the initial coronavirus outbreak &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277110,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4276.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Slammed For Banning Travel From India After What He Said When Trump Banned Travel From China","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4276.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Slammed For Banning Travel From India After What He Said When Trump Banned Travel From China","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462980","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=462980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}