Travel Bans Okay Now! Biden Slammed for Calling Trump’s Travel Restrictions Racist and ‘Xenophobic’… And Then Enacting His Own; Restricts Travel from 8 African Countries; Biden 'forgets' to Close the Southern Border Over the 'omicron' Variant

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Joe Biden Slammed for Calling Trump’s Travel Restrictions Racist, Xenophobic, Then Enacting His Own:

President Joe Biden on Friday was slammed for enacting travel restrictions on eight countries due to a fresh coronavirus variant after calling former President Trump’s coronavirus travel restrictions in 2020 racist and xenophobic.

Trump issued travel restrictions on countries around the globe after the Chinese Coronavirus pandemic landed in the United States in 2020. Biden was quick to label those protectionist measures racist and xenophobic, like this tweet from February 1, 2020, following a travel-ban announcement:

We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. He is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 1, 2020

On Friday, the world was awakened to a rapidly spreading coronavirus variant originating from African nations.

Biden issued a travel ban on the African nations Friday, causing many individuals to note his hypocrisy: --->READ MORE HERE

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U.S. to Restrict Travel from 8 African Countries over Coronavirus Variant Fears:

The U.S. will restrict travel for non-U.S. citizens from South Africa and seven other countries on Monday after the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) labeled a new coronavirus strain a “variant of concern.” The 

U.S. will also restrict travel from the following African nations: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.

NEW Starting Monday, the Biden administration will restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi. American citizens and lawful permanent residents will still be able to enter the U.S. but must show a negative COVID test

— Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs) November 26, 2021

CNBC reports: --->READ MORE HERE

Biden 'Forgets' To Close The Southern Border Against 'Omicron' Variant:

Much has been made of the news that Joe Biden has shut the door to eight countries over the new 'omicron' COVID variant. AT deputy editor Andrea Widburg has an excellent piece today on that here.

Some of the implications, of course, are vaguely comical. Biden's White House medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the so-called "expert" and voice of "science" he touted was last seen recommending against the closure of air travel.

Joe, of course, did it anyway, signaling that Fauci's expertise to him is all about what's politically useful and, apparently, this wasn't.

After all, country after country was shutting its air travel from countries where that variant is present. According to Axios: --->READ MORE HERE

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