Beard Liberation Front
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US Presidential Election: no place for men with beards
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the US Presidential Election is no place for men with beards.
There has not been a US President with a beard since Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) and pogonophobia rules at the highest levels in US politics.
By contrast the UK has not had a Prime Minister with a beard since Lord Salisbury in 1902
Donald Trump is a notorious beard hater who agonised over appointing warmonger John Bolton, who has a moustache, as National Security Advisor at one point.
More recently he has said that he disapproves of the beard of Eric Trump, who was himself voted the Scariest Halloween Beard 2020.
Business Insider magazine has commented that ‘Trump reportedly does not like facial hair. None of Trump’s close associates have facial hair, a pattern dating back decades’.
Joe Biden is also consistently clean shaven although he doesn’t have a record of pogonophobic remarks.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, the message from the US Presidential Election is that if you’ve got a beard the two main candidates don’t want to hear from you. We expect Donald Trump might ban beards if re-elected. Joe Biden might not go that far but don’t expect a Beard Friendly White House from him either.
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