Neither Biden Nor Sanders Would Have Saved American Lives With Travel Bans Like Trump Did

Criticism of Trump’s executive decision to put Americans first also found a voice in Biden. The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate took to Twitter, noting, “A wall will not stop the coronavirus. Banning all travel from Europe — or any other part of the world — will not stop it.”…

But by hedging the question in his comments to date — unlike Sanders, who explicitly said in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier that he would not close the borders — Biden bought room to flip-flop and later claim that as president he too would have made the hard decision to institute the travel bans that hindsight showed successful.

When that day comes, Americans should see through the bluster: There is no way Biden, Sanders, or any other potential Democratic president would have gone against the academic models’ conclusion to leave open travel from China. And there is no way a Democratic commander in chief would unilaterally cut off travel from the EU to put Americans first.

President Trump did. And he saved countless lives in doing so.

ConservativeChick

Article URL : https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/19/neither-biden-nor-sanders-would-have-saved-american-lives-with-travel-bans-like-trump-did/