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Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« on: March 18, 2020, 05:23:54 pm »
Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
By J. Edward Moreno - 03/18/20 01:02 PM EDT

President Trump on Wednesday afternoon again defended calling the coronavirus causing COVID-19 a “Chinese virus” during a White House press conference.

The president and his allies have used the term frequently, and on Wednesday Trump opened the latest coronavirus press conference by referring to the pandemic as such.

“It’s not racist at all,” Trump said when a reporter asked about the phrase creating a dangerous stigma for Chinese Americans. “It comes from China, that's why. I want to be accurate."


"I know where it came from," Trump said later in the briefing when pressed again on referring to the coronavirus as a "Chinese virus."

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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2020, 05:25:46 pm »
Funny, I don't remember the Spanish Flu being called a racist term...
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2020, 05:38:42 pm »
This is an interesting read with what's going on now:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2020, 05:39:09 pm »
 Journalism should no longer be a college course. If you have a high school diploma, and you’re able to read and write,  you have all the qualifications to be a journalist
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2020, 08:14:00 pm »
Hillary Clinton’s ‘made in China’ tweet calls POTUS a racist in COVID-19 crisis
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/18/hillary-clintons-made-in-china-tweet-calls-potus-a-racist-in-covid-19-crisis-898777
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2020, 08:22:25 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on March 18, 2020, 05:39:09 pm
Journalism should no longer be a college course. If you have a high school diploma, and you’re able to read and write,  you have all the qualifications to be a journalist

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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2020, 08:24:41 pm »
The lady reporters who pressed Trump on this were lip-quivering pissed. I mean they were really offended.

Neither were Chinese, BTW.
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2020, 08:28:22 pm »
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President Trump on Wednesday afternoon again defended calling the coronavirus causing COVID-19 a “Chinese virus” during a White House press conference.

I listened to this part of the presser today on the radio, and it really pissed me off.  At a time where the press has an inherent duty to assuage the public panic with factual information, these vultures are all over Trump because of this petty BS?  Thankfully, Trump didn't back down.
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2020, 08:37:31 pm »
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I listened to this part of the presser today on the radio, and it really pissed me off.  At a time where the press has an inherent duty to assuage the public panic with factual information, these vultures are all over Trump because of this petty BS?  Thankfully, Trump didn't back down.

 I think the president is a little overwhelmed and maybe to some degree in over this head with all this simply because we’ve never seen anything like this in my life. But I think he’s handling it as well as he can based on the circumstance and I’m glad to see him holding more frequent press conferences

 Let the press and the Democrats take their petty little shots from the sidelines. If the Democratic Party and the media think that the biggest issue is calling a deadly virus the Chinese virus well, let them stay occupied with that
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2020, 11:49:29 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on March 18, 2020, 08:37:31 pm
I think the president is a little overwhelmed and maybe to some degree in over this head with all this simply because we’ve never seen anything like this in my life. But I think he’s handling it as well as he can based on the circumstance and I’m glad to see him holding more frequent press conferences

 Let the press and the Democrats take their petty little shots from the sidelines. If the Democratic Party and the media think that the biggest issue is calling a deadly virus the Chinese virus well, let them stay occupied with that






I agree with you. His press conference was good but he looked beat down when he walked off.

I'm not sure what people want. This virus is an unknown. What the heck to people want? And as far as I can tell...yes it came from China.
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Re: Trump defends calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus'
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2020, 01:30:59 am »
Quote from: berdie on March 18, 2020, 11:49:29 pm





I agree with you. His press conference was good but he looked beat down when he walked off.

I'm not sure what people want. This virus is an unknown. What the heck to people want? And as far as I can tell...yes it came from China.

 Plus he has a reelection campaign to try to run on top of it.  I’m sympathetic. I would be with anyone who had to deal with this while being POTUS

 
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