FU Groper!
For whatever reason, the Democrats are harping on the fact that President Donald Trump referred to the Wuhan coronavirus as the "Chinese virus."
They claim that it's racist to point out the fact that the virus originated in China. Former Vice President Joe Biden's Senior Adviser, Symone Sanders, reiterated that point of view during an interview on Wednesday with Fox News' Martha MacCallum. "It's something that's offensive to Chinese Americans," Sanders claimed.
"What President Trump announced today — it’s a tough job but it has to be done – on some of what he said today was good but the reality is he also stood at the podium and called the coronavirus COVID-19, what I would suggest is a racial slur," Sanders explained.
According to the Biden campaign surrogate, what President Trump said is "offensive to many Americans." She said that "instead of namecalling, instead of pointing fingers, talking about poll numbers–"
"The MERS virus is M-E-R-U-S. Do you know why it's called MERS?" MacCallum asked.
"You tell me, Martha. You brought it up," Sanders said.
"It's called the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome because that’s where it originated," MacCallum explained.
"This rabbit hole of getting into this whole issue of racism, I think is so counterproductive to what we are trying to do here. I talked to an amazing scholar on China moments ago who said absolutely China, at the leadership level, has tried to obfuscate and be everything but transparent since the very beginning.
They lied and lied and lied about this situation. Why is it not okay to recognize where it originated?" (Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...