This was literally the most opposed aspect of Trump's presidency.
I suspect one element that hasn't been touched by Democrats is admitting that absolute control of the border is something they want but would look like complete hypocrites admitting.
Nancy Pelosi was encouraging everyone to go to Chinatown when the virus was beginning to spread. In retrospect it's obvious how pretentious and unhelpful that was.
I'm just pointing out that politically the issue is tough given the stances people staked their identities on.
Trump did launch a Muslim ban back in early 2017. Scotus struck it down. People called it racist.
Trump later, separately, banned flights from China (with a bunch of exceptions, after most airlines already suspended them).
I don't think anyone mainstream called him racist for that did they? Nancy Pelosi criticised it for being too little and too late (since the virus was already spreading fast in the US). But did she call it racist?
Can you point me to who called Trump racist for the China travel ban?
> Biden added, repeating a line from his USA Today oped: “Diseases have no borders, they have no borders.”
> The same day, Biden Tweeted similarly, “A wall will not stop the coronavirus. Banning all travel from Europe — or any other part of the world — will not stop it…”
https://www.cerescourier.com/opinion/editorial/biden-flips-c...
All Biden's statements are suffused with reminders of the idiotic things Trump is associated with even when it serves no purpose in context of a pandemic. "Diseases have no borders"?
He was looking for opportunities to bring up campaign lines.
At the end of the day, the narrative switched completely where before established health knowledge recognized NPIs outside of social distancing as largely ineffective.
I'm disappointed in Biden, all he needed to say was "too little too late" but instead of being in front of things leading, he was still behind the curve scoring points. And he's the guy leading the US for the next 4 years.
Again, sorry I didn't believe you. I'll be more open next time!
I don't know the last time I ever saw a conservative do this. This is one of the fundamental differences right here.
And I apologize because, I bet your words were sincere, and that probably means you do not actually approve of me using them for point scoring.
But you are you and of course would not praise yourself, and I, being a 3rd party, am free to say "See that? That's how it's done."
Canada adopted a policy of mandatory 2 weeks quarantine for every inbound traveler, and if the numbers are any indication, it worked quite well (but then they went lax on some other aspects in H2 and now are seeing numbers go up again...)
Santa Clara, CA is about as democrat as they come and they've recently announced quarantine policies based on travel distance as well, so in my mind, it seems possible to de-politicize.
Where Trump was continuously treated as a dictator but then his opposition is openly admiring China for their authoritarianism in combating coronavirus.
Likewise his border wall efforts were always stymied cause they were "racist."
That could very well be true but with such sweeping generalizations the political support for border control re: coronavirus isn't really there since everyone's staked their position based on opposing their own enemies.