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Rhiannon12866

(204,800 posts)
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 03:10 AM Mar 2021

President Donald Trump: Calling it the 'Chinese virus' is not racist at all, it comes from China

From a year ago today, 3/18/20:



President Trump responds to a question about whether calling the coronavirus the 'Chinese virus' is racist. He says it isn't, because it came from China.


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President Donald Trump: Calling it the 'Chinese virus' is not racist at all, it comes from China (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 OP
Everyone standing behind Trump during these crazy podium events always looked so mortified. sop Mar 2021 #1
The thing is, if anyone still wonders where this belief came from, it came straight from Trump Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #2
He just said it again recently. The racist fool is responsible for all... brush Mar 2021 #3
I couldn't have said it better Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #4
I can say it better... YoshidaYui Mar 2021 #5
His implication is "Chinese people did this". Bats who live in that area of the world originated it. magicguido Mar 2021 #6

sop

(10,106 posts)
1. Everyone standing behind Trump during these crazy podium events always looked so mortified.
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 03:22 AM
Mar 2021

Except Pence, of course.

Rhiannon12866

(204,800 posts)
2. The thing is, if anyone still wonders where this belief came from, it came straight from Trump
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 03:26 AM
Mar 2021

And this was hardly the only time he said this, and his "supporters" believed him. Earlier on MSNBC they had footage of him saying the same thing at one of his super spreader rallies. And this "news" conference was on national TV.

brush

(53,743 posts)
3. He just said it again recently. The racist fool is responsible for all...
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 06:53 AM
Mar 2021

attacks on Asian Americans. What a disastrous mess he left the country in. Just a horribly cruel, dumb, incompetent man who of course never should've been president.

 

magicguido

(6,315 posts)
6. His implication is "Chinese people did this". Bats who live in that area of the world originated it.
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 10:31 AM
Mar 2021

then trump let it in and failed to control it. trump virus.

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