Politicians, actors and commentators denounced the president's xenophobic description of the coronavirus.
Trump, echoing the right-wing talking point that the spread of the coronavirus is the fault of China, where it originated, wrote that the U.S. will support industries “that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus.”The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus.
Rep. Ted Lieu warned Trump that Asian Americans “will likely encounter more discrimination because of your tweet below.” “Please stop your unnecessary rhetoric,” he added. ”#COVID-19 is now an American virus, an Italian virus, a Spanish virus. We all are impacted & we all need to work together.”
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