Posted on 03/18/2020 8:20:49 PM PDT by Rummyfan
On Wednesday, President Trump and members of his crisis response team were questioned four times during a press briefing on the White House’s plans to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in China, about whether it is racist to call the disease the “Chinese virus.”
Four times.
ABC News’s Cecilia Vega was the first to bring up the matter of problematic terminology.
“Why do you keep calling this the ‘Chinese virus’?” the White House correspondent asked. “There are reports of dozens of incidents of bias against Chinese Americans in this country. Your own aide, Secretary Azar, says he does not use this term. He says, ‘Ethnicity does not cause the virus.’ Why do you keep using this?”
The president responded, “Because it comes from China.”
“People say it’s racist,” Vega continued.
Trump answered, “It’s not racist at all. No. Not at all. It comes from China. That’s why.”
“And no concerns about Chinese Americans in this country?” asked Vega. She then turned her attention to members of the president’s crisis response team and asked, “And to the aides behind you, are you comfortable with this term?”
The effort to drive a wedge between the chief executive and the Secretary of Health and Human Services failed, and you'd think that's the end of it. But no.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
You are such a gutter urchin of a whore....
The “Death to America” media
Way to go.
The media, doubles down every day... stupifying...
This society is insane, so it should come as no surprise that the leftists are more worried about words and if they hurt some group’s feelings than dying people.
We have proven in the last couple years pure insanity (trannies are perfectly fine and normal, and change your language for them....there is that word obsession again)!
Interesting to how Chinese use to adopt a western given names if they lived here. Now it’s in yo’ face with their unpronounceable Chinese given name.
Those who have had friends & relatives die from the Chinese Coronavirus should be able to SUE China for causing this. Those who have had lost jobs and their businesses should SUE China.
*** IN FACT, TRUMP SHOULD HOLD THE CHINESE GOVT RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE ECONOMIC & PERSONAL COSTS OF THE PROBLEM THAT CHINA CAUSED FOR THE WORLD! ***
China must pay REPARATIONS and Trump should use is all the money China has in US Treasuries AS LEVERAGE!
He should say, “We demand that China compensate us for the economic damage YOUR COUNTRY has caused us. And until you pay us, WE WILL CONFISCATE ALL OF YOUR US TREASURY HOLDINGS.”
True to form, the Chinese are rarely known to apologize – ever. The word “apology” almost isn’t in their vernacular. After all, Chinese egos are so focused on “saving face” - so to apologize constitutes “losing face.”
China caused this world pandemic (whether from eating bat soup and civet cats at the Wildlife Wuhan market, or deliberately developing the virus which has 4 strange amino acids inserted into the virus that is uncommon to occur in nature). The main Chinese Bioweapons Lab is IN Wuhan.
There has been no mention of apology from China to the world yet! So disgraceful!!! And it’s shameful for their propaganda machines to brainwash the people into thinking that China is being so magnanimous because it is helping share its experiences with the world and it helped save the world from much worse.
Ditto for their false allegations in Chinese propaganda that the US Military created the virus.
I would like to see:
“That’s already been answered.”
“That’s already been answered.”
“That’s already been answered.”
“Thank you all for coming.”
Our “press” works for China. And so do the Democrats.
It’s always about words with them while they ignore the actions of their own
Just look at Clinton and her defeat by trump it was always somebody else’s fault
And yet he answers every time. Answer it once, and direct them to the answer.
It indicates a respect for the stupid question, without wasting the time answering it. Point out we have more important things to worry about.
Ban the term “African swine fever virus”
.... My answer to this question would be ....... “ No ... The Chinese Flu is NOT Racist .... It attacks people of all races ..... It does not discriminate.”
As opposed to German measles? The press sure do bow down to their Chinese masters (just like the NBA)
Lots of stupid women in the American press - all attitude... limited intellect.
The western press was too stupid to realize that when they made everyone racist then no one would be.
how much quinine can we get without china?....does anyone know how to dose the bark?
ive got poweder ordered because there is no synthetic avail tryed for two weeks now....
That’s badgering the President in a time of crisis.
Heck there’s the Hong Kong Flu and other diseases named for geographic locations where they began. There’s no larger group of people misinformed and uninformed as reporters.
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