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May 04 2023
News
LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (May 4): FBI Director Subpoenaed over alleged Biden ‘Criminal Scheme’; Democrats Accuse Comer of Xenophobia
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the FBI Director on May 3 for a file alleging that a whistleblower linked President Biden to a “criminal scheme.”
A Democratic memo makes allegations of racism and xenophobia against Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.). It focuses on classified documents and President Biden’s former executive assistant, Kathy Chung.
The National
The Epoch Times
Mar 15 2020
Analysis
The Coronavirus's Xenophobia Problem
When news of a novel coronavirus began to trickle out of the Chinese city of Wuhan in early January, Eunice began wearing a face mask. Though she lives more than 7,000 miles away, in New York City, she reasoned it would nevertheless be an ideal way to protect herself, especially on public transport. A Hong Kong native who lived through the 2003 SARS outbreak, she understood wearing the mask to
The Atlantic
Jul 30 2014
Opinion
The Federal Marijuana Ban Is Rooted in Myth and Xenophobia
The federal law that makes possession of marijuana a crime has its origins in legislation that was passed in an atmosphere of hysteria during the 1930s and that was firmly rooted in prejudices against Mexican immigrants and African-Americans, who were associated with marijuana use at the time. This racially freighted history lives on in current federal policy, which is so driven by myth and
New York Times (News)
Jun 26 2016
News
Bill Maher: Is It Really Xenophobia If There’s Something To Fear?
The UK referendum is over—and the British voters decided to give the European Union the boot. That was a topic of discussion on Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. The panel, which included Democratic strategist Paul Begala, The Daily Beast's Betsy Woodruff, and former RNC chair Michael Steele, discussed the role of immigration in the vote.
Townhall
Nov 30 2021
Opinion
Psaki Tries to Defend Biden Calling Trump’s Travel Ban ‘Hysterical Xenophobia’
CLAIM: Biden is not a hypocrite for his newly-imposed travel ban on several African nations after calling Trump’s ban “hysterical xenophobia” at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, because Biden had been responding to a Trump “tweet,” and because he was consulting scientists in imposing his travel ban, unlike the former president.
VERDICT: FALSE. Biden was not responding to a
Breitbart Fact Check
Jul 13 2019
News
The Pro-Immigrant Bible-Belt Preachers Standing Up to Trump’s Xenophobia
America’s political polarization is a pervasive fact of 21st-century life, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is taking it lying down—including, stunningly, in the heartland of the conservative Christian right.
American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel, now playing in theaters, is a documentary about a handful of Oklahoma preachers who are taking a stand against what they see as
Daily Beast
Jul 19 2019
News
"Send her back" is nothing new: Racism and xenophobia are Trump's only political strategy
Donald Trump has bragged many times that his 2016 election victory was a result of his unique political genius, saying only recently, "You know who got me elected? I got me elected!" He is convinced that his instincts are infallible and that he speaks for the American electorate when he engages in his patented demagogic bigotry. He believes this is what brought him to the White House and is
Salon
Sep 19 2015
News
Bernie Sanders Says Donald Trump Appeals to ‘Baser Instincts’ of Xenophobia and Racism Among Voters
Sen. Bernie Sanders discussed his multiple labels with “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert Friday night, specifically addressing comparisons voters have made between him and Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
Colbert asked Sanders what he thought about people comparing him to Trump and calling him the “Democratic Trump” as the two candidates appeal to voters’ general
The Blaze
Jan 10 2023
News
Biden’s North America Pitch Includes Installing EV Chargers, Defending Migrants Against ‘Discrimination’
President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to install electric vehicle charging stations at the border with Canada and Mexico and protect illegal immigrants from “xenophobia and discrimination.” The measures were part of a package delivered during the North American Leaders’ Summit held in Mexico City with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The
The Daily Caller
Nov 21 2022
News
Ilhan Omar, Eric Swalwell hit back at McCarthy over pledge to block them from House committees
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's pledge to block Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell, Adam Schiff and "Squad" member Ilhan Omar from committees next Congress drew a strong response from the lawmakers.
Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who has been accused of making antisemitic statements, claimed that McCarthy's pledge was just another example of her being targeted by Republicans.
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Fox News (Online News)