White House clarifies Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ remark on allies: ‘He respects them’
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The White House has responded to US President Joe Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ remarks, clarifying that he was making a “broader point”. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre asserted that America’s allies and partners “know very well” how much Biden “respects them”.
“He (Biden) was making a more broad comment, speaking about this (US) country and speaking about how important it is to be a country of immigrants and how it makes our country stronger. And so, that’s what he was talking about,” she said.
At a fundraising event on Wednesday, Biden called two of the US’s QUAD partners – India and Japan – along with China and Russia “xenophobic”. He added that it was “xenophobia” that was hurting the economic growth of these nations. The US President made the statements suggesting these four countries didn’t accept migrants.
“One of the reasons why our economy’s growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants,” Biden was quoted as saying by news agency Reuters.
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