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Joe Biden Goes COVID Authoritarian As Americans Languish Behind Taliban Lines
Townhall.com ^ | 18 August A.D. 2021 | Spencer Brown Spencer Brown

Posted on 08/18/2021 6:52:07 PM PDT by lightman

As Americans languish behind enemy lines in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, President Biden addressed the nation on his administration's response to the Wuhan coronavirus and push to mandate vaccination among additional groups before ignoring reporters' questions for the second time this week.

Worse than ignoring the crisis of his making 7,000 miles away, Biden burned valuable time to launch false smears.

Time he could have used to make clear any sort of commitment to bring every single American home from Afghanistan. Time that could have been used to communicate to the Taliban that any attempt to harm Americans would be met with devastating force.

Instead, Biden used his time to attack U.S. governors asserting their ability under our federalist system to decide what mandates exist for their citizens.

"Let me say a few words about masks and our children," the President said. "Unfortunately, as we've seen throughout this pandemic, some politicians are trying to turn public safety measures — that is children wearing masks in school — into political disputes for their own political gain," Biden alleged. "Some are even trying to take power away from local educators by banning masks in school," adding "they're setting a dangerous tone."

While Americans are trapped in an Afghanistan under Taliban control, Joe Biden is taking digs at governors such as DeSantis and Abbott for banning mask mandates in schools. pic.twitter.com/JTCkNenOk8 — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 18, 2021

To be clear: Biden's accusation, apart from being a massive misfire, is false. Although he didn't muster the fortitude to name names, it's clear he was referring to states such as Florida and Texas, where Governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, respectively, introduced measures to prohibit mask mandates.

No, they didn't ban masks in school as the President falsely claimed. They banned masks from being mandated in order to allow individuals to choose best how to protect themselves and their families. Any parent or student can still choose to wear masks at school. But again, the truth is apparently problematic to Biden's narrative.

Following his false smears against Republican governors, Biden outlined his administration's new decision to push booster shots for fully vaccinated individuals and additional mandates for certain healthcare workers.

Apart from being a disingenuous attempt to direct the press away from his mishandling of the situation in Afghanistan, Biden shows where his administration's priorities lie — not with American lives in Afghanistan but with pushing his administration's COVID mission.

As is, tragically, to be expected by now, Biden again refused to take any questions following his remarks, making it something like seven days — a full week — since he's given any answers on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; covid19; democratincompetence; education; evasive; hiding; impeach; mask; masks; vaccine
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Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich

Shorter Biden: While I’m ignoring the fact that thousands of Americans are currently trapped behind enemy lines by a blood thirsty Islamic terrorist group, if I were to address them, I would encourage them to wear masks while they are held hostage & unable to make to the airport

1 posted on 08/18/2021 6:52:07 PM PDT by lightman
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Can you say “like a dictator”?

Joseph Stolen is an idiot.


2 posted on 08/18/2021 6:55:55 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: lightman

Are we supposed to take medical advice from the man who crams the country full of people from all over the world that are covid positive and who refuses the vaccine and that orders a stupendous world renowned disaster in Afghanistan and claims he did the right thing?


3 posted on 08/18/2021 6:58:36 PM PDT by odawg
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To: lightman

It was SO obvious. “Ignore that blazing f-up over There! COVID!!!”


4 posted on 08/18/2021 7:00:40 PM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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To: lightman

Sung to the Banana boat song by Harry Belafonte......

Day oh, day oh, day oh,
Taliban come and
Joe wanna run
day oh, day oh, day oh,
Taliban wanna fight
Joe wanna take flight
day oh, day oh, day oh
Joe nap all day,
eat ice cream all night,
day oh, day oh, day oh.


5 posted on 08/18/2021 7:02:05 PM PDT by krogers58
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To: lightman

I heard somewhere that Biden was leaving for Delaware for a long weekend.

Anybody else heard that?


6 posted on 08/18/2021 7:02:53 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: lightman

And if you Americans die in the cross fire of terrorists who are hardliners versus the Taliban leaders who claim they will allow women’s rights, then remember: you died in a 20 years drawn out futile war that ended with civil war factions of Arabs too lazy to fight for their own rights and freedom and your death was meaningless. 20 years ago they were fighting and now they are still fighting but thousands of Americans died and others were injured or had amputations of limbs while behind the scenes billionaires made money off the arms and ammo.


7 posted on 08/18/2021 7:04:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: lightman; conservative98
FReeper conservative98 said it best on an earlier thread:

Actually, he ignored Afghanistan and announced his intention to attack Florida and Texas instead.

8 posted on 08/18/2021 7:04:31 PM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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To: krogers58

I posted this a few days ago...

8/16/2021, 12:23:55 PM · 117 of 123
Kevmo to windsorknot
see the last line...

Chorus
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan’ go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Work all night on a drink a rum
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)
Stack da machine guns ‘til the mornin’ come
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)

Come, mister tally-ban, tally me manyana
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)
Come, mister tally-ban, tally me manyana
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)

March six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)
Cut Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, crunch
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)

Chorus

A beautiful country to change manyana
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)
Tally-ban come to my home like tarantula
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)

Come, mister tally-ban, tally me manyana
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)
Cut me head off, but do it manyana
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)

Chorus

Go Mister Biden Man, tally me manyana
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)
Blame it on Trump, and wipe your butt on ya
(Daylight come and me wan’ go home)

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9 posted on 08/18/2021 7:07:19 PM PDT by Kevmo ( 600 political prisoners in Washington, DC. You cannot comply your way out of tyranny.)
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To: lightman

FUBAR


10 posted on 08/18/2021 7:07:20 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Jamestown1630

Read it here.


11 posted on 08/18/2021 7:09:30 PM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: Kevmo

Wow, I just whipped mine out off the top of my head, but you put some real thought into yours, well done!


12 posted on 08/18/2021 7:09:50 PM PDT by krogers58
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To: krogers58

I just copied the lyrics and then changed ‘em.

Cut me head off but do it manyana.


13 posted on 08/18/2021 7:11:15 PM PDT by Kevmo ( 600 political prisoners in Washington, DC. You cannot comply your way out of tyranny.)
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To: lightman

Joe Biden: Shut up, and eat your rat poison!

We The People: No, and what about our fellow Americans trapped in the Kabul area??

Joe Biden: Shut up, and where’s my pudding??


14 posted on 08/18/2021 7:13:58 PM PDT by Prole ( )
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To: JennysCool

That was actually my comment to conservative98…but honestly, if Biden keeps messing with us (Florida, at least), he’s going to set off a domestic conflict on top of everything else.

I was kinda expecting him to do a Covid decoy event today. And I was expecting him to do something dictatorial because he thinks this makes him look like he’s in control of something, and also because he wants to shut us down even more - in order to shut us up.


15 posted on 08/18/2021 7:19:10 PM PDT by livius
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To: Charles Henrickson; doug from upland

Ping.


16 posted on 08/18/2021 7:19:10 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: livius; conservative98

Well, my bad! :) ... It’s a terrific comment!


17 posted on 08/18/2021 7:20:37 PM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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To: livius

Inflation is out of control, the “border” is essentially non-existent, and he just surrendered Afghanistan; but Buy-DUNG he can muzzle the peasants’ kiddos.

What a pile!


18 posted on 08/18/2021 7:21:21 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Gene Eric; bitt; Jane Long; SkyDancer; null and void; DarthVader; fieldmarshaldj; ...

This is kid is right on the ball.

https://www.brighteon.com/47d6560a-82e4-4d85-b46f-6dc7c542095e


19 posted on 08/18/2021 7:25:08 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: lightman

Biden goes authoritorian on covid-19 which he has little responsibility in controlling vs being AWOL on military withdrawal from a country where he alone is on point.

Everything is backwards with these liberals.


20 posted on 08/18/2021 7:25:44 PM PDT by plain talk
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