I never feel like I’m good with this political talk. I can understand it myself and understand it when others explain it, but I’ve never been good at explaining it to others.
A travel ban was set into place in December for people traveling in from China because of the coronavirus outbreak. The U.S. so far has detained 333 Chinese nationals that have been trying to enter the country illegally.
This might’ve been the only way seen to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus, but I don’t think it was the right way to go about it. Hundreds of Chinese migrants are being detained at the border even though none of them are testing positive for the coronavirus or COVID-19.
I could understand why this might be a smart move to make, but even by having those people detained the virus still got out and is spreading all over. And they warn us to not be in large groups, yet here they are detaining all these people in a large group. All it takes is one person to become infected or finally show signs and spread it through the detained community.
The virus is spreading, and I get it’s bad, but forcing people together in a confined area when everyone else is being told to stay away from crowds doesn’t make sense. If they aren’t testing positive, then let them travel. If they later get the virus that was a risk they wanted to take by traveling in the first place.
I’ve seen numerous articles about the conditions of border patrol facilities and most of them are overcrowded. When they are overcrowded the people in the facilities can often catch other diseases like measles, chickenpox, or the regular flu. A center down in Texas had to be shut down after multiple detainees fell ill and a boy died. These facilities aren’t helping to stop the spread of diseases.
Two Political Views
Just because your favorite 2020 presidential candidate is out of the race, doesn’t mean you can’t still vote for someone who is a close second.
So far, it seems that Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are pretty close in pole numbers. Both are fighting for the primaries in all the major states, but it seems Biden is in the lead with support.
Even if you are rooting for Sanders and he ends up dropping out or not getting all the primary votes, there’s still a chance for you to vote for a president who is supporting similar issues. It’s shown that if America wants to move more to the left, then Biden isn’t seen as the end but as an opportunity to make a move towards the left.
If Biden does end up in the White House, some issues like raising the minimum wage and advocating for health care reform are still possible. So, even though it seems like you might be losing this election if Sanders doesn’t win, there’s still a chance to make a difference for the future with Trump out of office.
The common goal just needs to be to get Donald Trump out of office and get someone in that will work to make things right. If Biden wants to win this race, he will have to integrate some of Sanders’ ideas to get more of the left and progressive sides. This might help attract some of the younger voting crowd that was rooting for Sanders into still voting to hopefully get Trump put of office for good.
Biden has a chance to unite the Democratic Party with the Progressive side and hopefully does it and still keeps some of Sanders’ promise to make the country better. Progressives have been making change in policies and if Sanders doesn’t win, hopefully Biden can continue to make these changes for the good.
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