Monday, April 13, 2020
Majority of Americans Agree With Trump’s Calling COVID-19 ‘Chinese Virus’
A majority of American adults agree with using the term “Chinese virus” to describe the coronavirus, despite media members pillorying President Donald Trump for using that term, three polls showed.
Three consecutive national surveys by the Harris Poll found that more than 50% of Americans said they somewhat or strongly agree with Trump using the term “Chinese virus.”
The poll results make for a stark contrast with the national media’s reaction to the term “Chinese virus.”
MSNBC anchor John Heilemann said on air in March that Trump’s use of the term “Chinese virus” is “nakedly racist and obviously racist and blatantly racist.”
CNN opinion writer Jill Filipovic similarly argued that using the term “Chinese virus” was “xenophobic racism,” and compared it to scapegoating European Jews for the Black Death.
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Asian flu was sourced in East Asia. Bird flu was sourced from infected birds and chickens. Swine flu was sourced from infected pigs and swine. Chinese flu was sourced in the wet markets in Wuhan, China. What's the problem???
Interesting how "Wuhan virus" or "China virus" are now offensive to the Left, but them calling it the "Trump virus" was okay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-trump.html
I prefer Kung Flu.
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