Japan And India Disagree With Biden’s Claim They Are “Xenophobic”
Japan and India have both responded to Joe Biden’s charge last week that they are “xenophobic” because they have not embraced mass immigration.
As we highlighted, Biden asserted that Japan and India are facing economic struggles while the US economy is performing well “because we welcome immigrants.”
“Think about it,” Biden said during a fundraiser, “Why is China stalling so badly economically, why is Japan having trouble, why is Russia, why is India, because they’re xenophobic. They don’t want immigrants. Immigrants are what makes us strong.”
Fox News reports that the Japanese Embassy responded to the comments, stating “We are aware that the U.S. government has clarified that President Biden’s comment was made in the context of explaining that the U.S. is a nation of immigrants and that immigrants make the U.S. stronger, and that his comment was not made with the intent of undermining the importance and permanence of the Japan-U.S. relationship.”
However, Japanese officials added “It is unfortunate that some of the comments were not based on an accurate understanding of Japan’s policies, and we have raised this point to the U.S. government and explained Japan’s positions and policies once again.”
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also took issue with Biden’s remarks, pointing to the country’s GDP growth and urging that India is an open society.
“I haven’t seen such an open, pluralistic, and diverse society anywhere in the world,” the minister stated during an Economic Times event, adding “We are actually not just not xenophobic, we are the most open, most pluralistic and in many ways the most understanding society in the world.”
Since Biden made the off script comments, his campaign has announced that they are seeking to shorten his remarks at events in a move they claim is to ensure “quality over quantity.”
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