Sharpton Wrongly Claims Trump Never Condmemned Anti-Asian Racism

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Sharpton Wrongly Claims Trump Never Condmemned Anti-Asian Racism
By Brad Wilmouth | May 4, 2020 2:51 PM EDT

On Saturday's PoliticsNation show, MSNBC host Al Sharpton devoted a segment to claiming that President Donald Trump has stoked up racism against Asian-Americans by accurately linking the COVID-19 virus to China.

He also incorrectly claimed that President Trump had not spoken out against anti-Asian racism even though the President did so not only on Twitter but also in one of his televised press conferences.

Sharpton introduced the segment by recalling a survey finding that an increase in anti-Asian bigotry, and then complained about some of President Trump's tweets that linked the virus to China. Here's Sharpton: "And, despite warnings from the Asian community about the danger of his rhetoric, President Trump has continually referred to COVID-19 as the, quote, 'Chinese virus.'"
 

Source URL: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2020/05/04/sharpton-wrongly-claims-trump-never-condmemned-anti-asian-racism

[Applewood]

I can blame Trump for a lot of things, but pointing out that this virus originated in China is not license for  stupid people to beat up on Asian-Americans.  Sorry, Al.  No sale.

By the way, Al, did you come out against those numbskulls who annoyed, harassed and committed violence against Asian-Americans?  From what I've heard a number of so-called leaders in the black community have themselves encouraged bigotry and crime by black people against Asian-Americans for yeas -- long before this virus.

[PeteS in CA]

Crown Heights Al sez wut?