{"id":1297,"date":"2022-11-30T18:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2022-11-30T18:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:29:37","slug":"biden-defends-chinas-covid-freedom-protests-but-not-u-s-and-canadian-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/biden-defends-chinas-covid-freedom-protests-but-not-u-s-and-canadian-ones\/paul-crespo\/2022\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Defends China\u2019s &#8216;COVID Freedom&#8217; Protests, But Not U.S. and Canadian Ones\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; The massive protests against the communist Chinese dictatorship, and its draconian anti-COVID repression continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As these Chinese &#8216;freedom protests&#8217; grow and spread, hypocritical Western leaders, who until recently pursued their own, less harsh, COVID crackdowns and vaccine mandates, are showing their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among them, is Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Monday White House statement in response to anti-lockdown demonstrations that swept through major Chinese cities <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristincbrown\/status\/1597217767194693633?s=12&amp;t=mCzLqpwDr9m1SxmnUls30Q\">reads<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>We think it&#8217;s going to be very difficult for the People&#8217;s Republic of China to be able to contain this virus through their zero COVID strategy. We&#8217;ve long said everyone has a right to peacefully protest, here in the United States and around the world. This includes the PRC.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New statement out from the White House as protests break out in China over the governments zero COVID policies <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fRA8R6Se7N\">pic.twitter.com\/fRA8R6Se7N<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kristin Brown (@kristincbrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristincbrown\/status\/1597217767194693633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, while he could be far more aggressive in his response to China&#8217;s COVID repression, Biden was doing just the opposite with earlier Canadian and American COVID crackdown protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin Trudeau&#8217;s authoritarian overkill in response to Canadian truckers was particularly egregious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An unquestionably authoritarian move, it received criticism from the left, right, and center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leftist Canadian Civil Liberties Association <a href=\"https:\/\/ccla.org\/major-cases-and-reports\/emergencies-act\/\">called<\/a> Trudeau&#8217;s actions &#8220;unnecessary, unjustifiable and unconstitutional.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reason Magazine&#8217;s J.D. Tuccille <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/02\/18\/canadas-panicked-government-engages-in-undemocratic-theft\/\">said<\/a> at the time that Trudeau had a &#8220;bad case of China-envy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, Biden wholeheartedly backed Trudeau&#8217;s repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <em>Reason<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/11\/29\/bidens-support-for-covid-protests-hinges-on-what-country-theyre-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>The Biden administration urged the Canadian government to use whatever means it had to reopen border crossings barricaded by the so-called &#8220;Freedom convoy&#8221; and get a handle on the protests.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>That&#8217;s according to revelations of an ongoing Canadian inquiry into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s unprecedented invocation of Canada&#8217;s Emergencies Act.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Why was Biden so gung-ho about Trudeau&#8217;s crushing of the peaceful trucker freedom protests?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reason argues that in part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Biden embraced an expansive view of his executive powers to effectively mandate vaccines for millions of Americans. That contributed to his support for the suppression of Canadian anti-mandate demonstrations.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>REASON added: &#8220;The only people who seem to support Trudeau&#8217;s use of emergency powers against peaceful protestors are the prime minister himself\u2014and the Biden White House.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Biden&#8217;s strong backing of Trudeau&#8217;s repression makes his current defense of China&#8217;s protests all the more laughable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also erodes his moral authority to lecture the Chinese government now on the right of the people to peaceful protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Reason concludes: &#8220;It&#8217;s also a lesson in how restrictions on freedom in one country can damage it everywhere.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When America allows the crushing of political dissent at home and promotes repression by its liberal northern neighbor, it not only hurts us, it fuels more repression among our enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This only helps authoritarianism grow globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANALYSIS &#8211; The massive protests against the communist Chinese dictatorship, and its draconian anti-COVID repression continues. 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