In his first seven days in office, a myriad of Joe Biden’s recent lies were exposed. All of these lies came directly from Biden’s mouth or those of his closest allies, just as their recent refutations flowed from his pen, mouth, and administration. In summary, here are three of the lies Biden relied upon to become president or to strengthen his political appearance—and here are three ways he contradicted them as soon as he became president.
Lie #1: Travel Bans Don’t Work
Following the announcement of Donald Trump’s ban on European travel, Biden tweeted the following on March 31, last year:
“A wall will not stop the coronavirus. Banning all travel from Europe — or any other part of the world — will not stop it. This disease could impact every nation and any person on the planet — and we need a plan to combat it.”
Trump’s ban on European travel expired just two days before Biden’s inauguration. Upon entering office, Biden quickly reinstated Trump’s order. In fact, Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki criticized Trump for lifting the travel ban, citing the worsening of the pandemic and the emergence of new, more contagious variants of the virus. Psaki should remember that Trump was criticized by Biden for implementing a travel ban at a time when the pandemic was worsening, last year.
Lie #2: The Trump Administration Had “No Plan”
During the presidential debates, Biden stated outright that Trump had “no plan” to deal with the pandemic. This was a core critique of Trump put forward by the Biden-Harris ticket. Kamala Harris even emphasized this point, during the vice-presidential debate with Mike Pence. Yet, within days of entering office, the Biden administration directly stated that “there’s nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months.”
Lie #3: There Was No Vaccine Distribution Plan
On January 24, Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain stated that Trump had no plan to distribute vaccines, “particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals.” This was clearly meant to create a contrast between a chaotic Trump administration and the “science based” plan that the new Biden administration has repeatedly promised.
However, Klain’s statement was quickly contradicted by Dr. Anthony Fauci, who reminded Americans that “[w]e’re certainly not starting from scratch.” Fauci phrased his clarification diplomatically, by stating that the new administration is “coming in with fresh ideas, but also some ideas that were not bad ideas with the previous administration. You can’t say it was absolutely not usable at all.”
While Biden’s executive power grows through his unprecedented number of unilateral executive orders, the Washington Post recently decided that it will not fact-check the Biden administration with the same scrutiny it applied to the Trump administration. The Chicago Thinker, on the other hand, will continue to fact-check the new administration.
I don’t see how “there’s nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months” somehow implies that the Trump administration had no plan for the pandemic. I also find it hilarious how as soon as your preferred party is out of the White House, you suddenly decide that you care about executive overreach again.
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I don’t see how “there’s nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months” somehow implies that the Trump administration had no plan for the pandemic. I also find it hilarious how as soon as your preferred party is out of the White House, you suddenly decide that you care about executive overreach again.
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1. Genuinely hilarious to see the freeze peach right opposed to changing one’s mind when presented with new information.
2. It was obvious that the Trump admin’s approach was “pray that the vaccine gets out in time for us to win re-election”.
3. “The rollout of vaccines in the waning days of the Trump administration was choppy and inconsistent. Trump appeared particularly disengaged from the coronavirus response near the end of his presidency, focused instead on trying to overturn the election results. Operation Warp Speed was responsible for allocating and delivering vaccines to states, but the responsibility for the “last mile” of distribution, including getting shots into arms, was delegated to the states. The pace of immunization is much slower than what former Trump officials promised last fall, with states and federal officials sniping over who shoulders the blame.” This is as close to “no plan” as one can get while still technically having a plan.
1. Genuinely hilarious to see the freeze peach right opposed to changing one’s mind when presented with new information.
2. It was obvious that the Trump admin’s approach was “pray that the vaccine gets out in time for us to win re-election”.
3. “The rollout of vaccines in the waning days of the Trump administration was choppy and inconsistent. Trump appeared particularly disengaged from the coronavirus response near the end of his presidency, focused instead on trying to overturn the election results. Operation Warp Speed was responsible for allocating and delivering vaccines to states, but the responsibility for the “last mile” of distribution, including getting shots into arms, was delegated to the states. The pace of immunization is much slower than what former Trump officials promised last fall, with states and federal officials sniping over who shoulders the blame.” This is as close to “no plan” as one can get while still technically having a plan.
Great job, Matthew! Thanks for reminding us of the truth – and the lies – that the Left-owned media propagandists conveniently overlook (or misrepresent). And don’t you think it’s rather odd that the Left is still in such a fevered rage over Trump and all things non-Left, when they have succeeded in installing their puppet in the White House?! I read the comments hysterically and self-righteously posted to attack you and your colleagues at The Thinker, and I’m consistently shocked that there are so many angry, hate-filled people perpetually poised in attack mode. The Left mob is not used to criticism and reacts like tired toddlers who don’t get their way. Stay strong and know that you have people cheering you on every day!! All the best to you!
Sort of seems like the responses to this article are rational rebuttals to a fallacy-riddled article. They’re not attacking the author or the thinker, they’re attacking the content of the article. Isn’t that what’s supposed to happen in the free marketplace of ideas?
I wouldn’t expect much more than uncritical praise from a parent of this site’s founder.
Great job, Matthew! Thanks for reminding us of the truth – and the lies – that the Left-owned media propagandists conveniently overlook (or misrepresent). And don’t you think it’s rather odd that the Left is still in such a fevered rage over Trump and all things non-Left, when they have succeeded in installing their puppet in the White House?! I read the comments hysterically and self-righteously posted to attack you and your colleagues at The Thinker, and I’m consistently shocked that there are so many angry, hate-filled people perpetually poised in attack mode. The Left mob is not used to criticism and reacts like tired toddlers who don’t get their way. Stay strong and know that you have people cheering you on every day!! All the best to you!
Sort of seems like the responses to this article are rational rebuttals to a fallacy-riddled article. They’re not attacking the author or the thinker, they’re attacking the content of the article. Isn’t that what’s supposed to happen in the free marketplace of ideas?
I wouldn’t expect much more than uncritical praise from a parent of this site’s founder.
This is truly ridiculous.
1. First of all, the article you cited said that he posted that on March 12th, 2020 in response to Trump’s changes instituted on the 12th. While small, it is comedic that even the minute details (that don’t affect the laughable argument) you cannot get right in an article where you promise to remain vigilant on fact-checking the new administration.
Second, in the same article, you post the following quote from President Biden appears just below this one:
“…Banning all travel from Europe or any other part of the world may slow it, but as we’ve seen, it will not stop it. And travel restrictions based on favoritism and politics rather than a risk will be counterproductive.”
The article (you cited a purport to have read) goes on to detail statements from Biden (on March 25th and April 3rd) that express support for travel restrictions, but not in lieu of an action plan domestically. Effectively, as Biden’s quotes make very clear, a travel ban cannot halt a virus in its tracks. It can merely slow the inflow of those infected. However, they end up being useless when you botch a response plan and use the presidential pulpit to become the largest source of covid misinformation in the US (according to Cornell University)
Now, this is not uniform praise of Biden’s Covid response plan or attitudes because I simply haven’t followed him closely enough to make any broad determinations. However, it is so clear (from the rest of the article YOU cited but even that one quote) that he meant that a travel ban was not enough protection and that better planning and response was needed.
#2 Quite frankly this does not make any sense. If the statement “Trump has no plan to deal with coronavirus” was a lie, then the way to disprove that would be to show that Trump did indeed have a plan. Insinuating that Biden has no plan/is admitting defeat or saying that he cannot curb the progression of the virus does not refute the original statement. In fact, it could give credence to the idea that Trump’s lack of a plan put us on a trajectory that is difficult to alter. I mean truly this makes no sense. Not only are you wrong, but the two pieces of information aren’t even tied.
#3
This is certainly your strongest point. It seems reasonable enough. Looking at the article you posted for the quote from a Biden administration official, I am getting the sense that they meant “effectively” did not exist or was extremely poor rather than flat out saying it literally did not exist. I mean you can argue about its efficacy, but I think even the most anti-Trump would have to admit that Operation Warp Speed did in fact exist. Given the Fauci quote and article, I’d say the degree to which this can be qualified as a “lie” is more a matter of degree. With that being said, I am willing to give this point to you, but only because I feel second-hand embarrassment from the rest of this article.
Best Regards.
This is truly ridiculous.
1. First of all, the article you cited said that he posted that on March 12th, 2020 in response to Trump’s changes instituted on the 12th. While small, it is comedic that even the minute details (that don’t affect the laughable argument) you cannot get right in an article where you promise to remain vigilant on fact-checking the new administration.
Second, in the same article, you post the following quote from President Biden appears just below this one:
“…Banning all travel from Europe or any other part of the world may slow it, but as we’ve seen, it will not stop it. And travel restrictions based on favoritism and politics rather than a risk will be counterproductive.”
The article (you cited a purport to have read) goes on to detail statements from Biden (on March 25th and April 3rd) that express support for travel restrictions, but not in lieu of an action plan domestically. Effectively, as Biden’s quotes make very clear, a travel ban cannot halt a virus in its tracks. It can merely slow the inflow of those infected. However, they end up being useless when you botch a response plan and use the presidential pulpit to become the largest source of covid misinformation in the US (according to Cornell University)
Now, this is not uniform praise of Biden’s Covid response plan or attitudes because I simply haven’t followed him closely enough to make any broad determinations. However, it is so clear (from the rest of the article YOU cited but even that one quote) that he meant that a travel ban was not enough protection and that better planning and response was needed.
#2 Quite frankly this does not make any sense. If the statement “Trump has no plan to deal with coronavirus” was a lie, then the way to disprove that would be to show that Trump did indeed have a plan. Insinuating that Biden has no plan/is admitting defeat or saying that he cannot curb the progression of the virus does not refute the original statement. In fact, it could give credence to the idea that Trump’s lack of a plan put us on a trajectory that is difficult to alter. I mean truly this makes no sense. Not only are you wrong, but the two pieces of information aren’t even tied.
#3
This is certainly your strongest point. It seems reasonable enough. Looking at the article you posted for the quote from a Biden administration official, I am getting the sense that they meant “effectively” did not exist or was extremely poor rather than flat out saying it literally did not exist. I mean you can argue about its efficacy, but I think even the most anti-Trump would have to admit that Operation Warp Speed did in fact exist. Given the Fauci quote and article, I’d say the degree to which this can be qualified as a “lie” is more a matter of degree. With that being said, I am willing to give this point to you, but only because I feel second-hand embarrassment from the rest of this article.
Best Regards.
Can’t wait to listen to listen to this! My wife’s boyfriend made me stop listening to Stephen Crowder’s podcast while he drives me to work so hopefully this will scratch the itch.
—Humphrey J. Blumpkin, Booth ’84
Can’t wait to listen to listen to this! My wife’s boyfriend made me stop listening to Stephen Crowder’s podcast while he drives me to work so hopefully this will scratch the itch.
—Humphrey J. Blumpkin, Booth ‘84