Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden sees the COVID-19 pandemic as a path to victory in November but his effort to exploit the disease for political gain is sure to backfire.
Criticism of President Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 that originated in China is a constant in Biden’s speeches and in his limited interviews to date.
Ignoring his wildly inaccurate accusations about the president’s response to the pandemic, Biden plans to address COVID-19 reveal his passionate belief in government control.
Under a Biden presidency, Americans will be treated as mere serfs that must obey his orders in the land he rules.
Make no mistake about it, mandates are a central theme of the Biden effort to control the virus.
First of Biden’s pandemic control commandments is thou shall wear a mask. The former vice president has repeatedly called for a national mask mandate.
Even more concerning is Biden’s second commandment to execute a nationwide shutdown of the economy in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19.
During his post-convention interview on ABC News Biden justified a potential lockdown for saving lives.
The key line in his interview was, “I will be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus.”
Whatever it takes? That translates to a loss of personal freedom and economic liberty as casualties in Biden’s America.
Another important statement was, “This isn’t about freedom, it’s about freedom for your, your neighbors.”
Here Biden rationalizes his mandate by redefining freedom from an individual perspective to a collective perspective where actions are regulated by its possible impact on others.
Biden’s comments also illustrate the classic arrogance of Democrats that natural phenomena can be controlled by government action.
With Democrats, everything can be controlled; the virus can be controlled just like they believe the climate can be controlled.
Politically, Biden’s desire to issue mandates is a disaster because it reveals the type of tone deafness that helped doom Hillary Clinton’s presidential aspirations in 2016.
Today Biden is essentially doing the same with his interest in pursuing a national economic shutdown.
The timing for Biden couldn’t be worse.
Millions of Americans are suffering the economic consequences of state issued lockdowns and small business owners are eager to get back to business.
Consistent with Clinton’s disconnection from the challenges of hardworking Americans to address climate change, Biden puts his interest in trying to control the spread of the virus above the concerns and interests of individual American citizens.
Making commandments from the White House and treating every American the same is bad policy and bad politics. A one size fits all policy that considers every place from a Nebraska farming community to New York City is a strategy doesn’t allow for any policy nuance.
Consideration of a national lockdown is also a reminder of policy creep as a power grab. Originally, the initial state lockdowns were focused on flattening the curve to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed with patients.
The shift by Biden to focus on infection rates and deaths gives him the justification for the more severe policy ideas.
Biden’s COVID-19 overreach shows he is out of touch with everyday Americans which allows President Trump to leverage his winning formula of putting the forgotten men and women above all else.
