Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The disease was understood to be not just something happening in China (which therefore could be transmitted by American travelers returning) but as a contamination of *Chinese people* that could be blocked by screening for citizenship rather than infection. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 10, 2020 Hibernated

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The China “ban” really sums up how Trump conceptualizes everything as an immigration problem — US citizens, permanent residents, and their families were not only exempt from the “ban” (fair enough) but there was no mandatory testing or screening at airports. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 10, 2020 Hibernated

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China is of course considerably poorer than the United States so US citizens, US permanent residents, and the families of citizens & permanent residents together account for the bulk of the trans-Pacific travel. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 10, 2020 Hibernated