Thursday, July 02, 2020
Coronavirus: How Donald Trump created an uproar – and a new slogan for his supporters – with two words
Several days after the President used the term “Kung flu” at a rally in Tulsa, it continues to reverberate with both his supporters and opponents.
“It’s a disease that without question has more names than any disease in history,” Mr Trump said at the rally last Sunday, Australian time.
“I can name Kung Flu, I can name 19 different versions of names. Many call it a virus, which it is. Many call it a flu; what difference?”
His use of the words drew a widespread ongoing backlash as a racist slur against Asian-Americans.
By the time he reached his second rally in Phoenix on Tuesday, Mr Trump’s supporters were chanting the phrase before he had even opened his mouth.
“Kung flu — yeah,” he said on stage, to roars of approval from the young crowd. “Kung flu.”
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They say attacks against "asian Americans" has "shot up." If only there were, you know, statistics included in that. You know, numbers?
Strange - no one seemed to be offended by the Spanish flu after WW1. Maybe people were less touchy back then.
Stan B,
The attacks against everyone have shot up (something along the lines of no Police to stop them), so they could have included PARTS of the statistics and still said the same partial truth.
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