After attacking Trump's coronavirus-related China
travel ban as xenophobic,
Dems and media have changed tune
Excerpt:
Within hours of President Trump's decision to restrict travel from China on Jan. 31, top
Democrats and media figures immediately derided the move as unnecessary and
xenophobic -- and they are now beating a hasty retreat from that position as
the coronavirus continues to ravage the economy and cause scores of deaths. Democratic
presidential contender Joe Biden led the way, quickly attacking what he called Trump's "record of
hysteria, xenophobia and fear-mongering" after the travel
restrictions were announced, and arguing that Trump "is the
worst possible person to lead our country through a global health
emergency." Biden, on Wednesday, didn't criticize the travel ban in any
way, and instead accused Trump of "downplaying" the virus
early on in remarks to Fox News. … In March, The Post finally acknowledged that critics accused China and WHO of
"covering up or downplaying the severity of an infectious disease
outbreak." A week earlier, Vox confidently declared that "The evidence on
travel bans for diseases like coronavirus is clear: They don’t work." The
article originally referred to the "Wuhan
coronavirus" in its headline, before left-wing journalists and Democrats
argued that terminology was racist.
And
now, Democrat-run Rhode Island has put a travel ban on people from Democrat-run
New York.
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