Posted on 06/24/2021 11:37:36 PM PDT by conservative98
President Biden raised eyebrows Thursday in North Carolina with a bizarre statement in which he claimed that “Latinx” people are less likely to get vaccinated against the coronavirus because “they’re worried that they’ll be vaccinated and deported.”
Biden traveled to Raleigh as part of a a nationwide “month of action” campaign meant to boost vaccination rates before the July 4 holiday. However, the president’s exhortation for people to get the shot was overshadowed by his strange aside, in which he also confused the Tuskegee Airmen — the heroic African American pilots of World War II — with the victims of the infamous decades-long Tuskegee syphilis study.
“There’s a reason why it’s been harder to get African-Americans, initially, to get vaccinated,” Biden said. “Because they’re used to being experimented on – Tuskegee Airmen and others. People have memories. People have long memories.
“It’s awful hard, as well, to get Latinx vaccinated as well,” the president continued. “Why? They’re worried that they’ll be vaccinated and deported.”
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How many of the “Latinx” community are worried that their Latino and latina family will find out that they identify by a made up name and will be beaten with a flipflop if their name is made public?
“Excuse me, @JoeBiden?” asked Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.)
“Only 3 [percent] of Hispanics use the term ‘Latinx’ and 76 [percent] have never heard of it,” tweeted former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen, citing an August 2020 Pew Research Center poll. “It’s a term woke White people have imposed on them against their will which is racist.”
“We should actually deport anyone who uses ‘Latinx’ unironically,” cracked Post op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmiri.
“It does not occur to Joe Biden that tens of millions of Latinos are American citizens,” tweeted former Trump 2020 campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh.
“Almost 50 million [L]atino American citizens live here, why would we deport them?” agreed The Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll.
“Get a driver’s license, compete on standardized tests, get a vaccine, be in the country legally … Is there anything Democrats assume minorities can do?” asked another Twitter user, @sunnyright.
“What is Latinx???” another user asked. “I would appreciate you stop calling us that. It’s offensive. I’m a #Latino and my wife is a #Latina. Somos #Latinos. Please get that straight!”
A few Twitter users even suggested that they would rather be called a racial slur than “Latinx”.
Because We know They are trying to CULL the Herd!
Coming from a racist, rich.
Including Puerto Ricans, Texanos, Cuban ex pats, and third generation citizens?
“People have memories. People have long memories”
Say what JoeK?
Thus spake the sphincter with feet. PBUH [Piss Be Upon Him]
stay the hell out of my state, slimeball usurper.
What a stumblin mumblin fumblin embarrassin disaster. It would be funny if some folks didn’t take him so seriously.
“And who can forget the Tuskegee Airmen, who in spite of being subjected to a racist medical experiment, heroically fought the Japanese when they attacked Pearl Bailey.”
Isn’t it racist to say that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor? It was the Nazis, and the Japanese fleet saved us!
In which our president reveals himself to be a weird creepy whispery a**hole. But then we all knew that already.
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