The Racist in Chief doubles down on his blatant racism

During his press briefing on Wednesday, Trump, once again, referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus.”

“It’s not racist at all. No, not at all. It comes from China, that’s why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate.”

Trump first employed “Chinese Virus” online Monday and again Tuesday, lamenting the industries and states that have been affected by the pandemic, which he had until then stylized as the “CoronaVirus” in messages on social media. He also mentioned the “Chinese Virus” in his opening remarks at a White House meeting with tourism industry executives on Tuesday, as well as at the outset of Wednesday’s briefing.

Politico:

I always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously, and have done a very good job from the beginning, including my very early decision to close the “borders” from China – against the wishes of almost all. Many lives were saved. The Fake News new narrative is disgraceful & false!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2020

The White House does their best to spin Trump’s racist comments.

Spanish Flu. West Nile Virus. Zika. Ebola. All named for places.

Before the media’s fake outrage, even CNN called it “Chinese Coronavirus.”

Those trying to divide us must stop rooting for America to fail and give Americans real info they need to get through the crisis.

— The White House 45 Archived (@WhiteHouse45) March 18, 2020

WHO officials warn US President Trump against calling coronavirus ‘the Chinese virus’:

“Viruses no know borders and they don’t care about your ethnicity, the color of your skin or how much money you have in the bank. So it’s really important we be careful in the language we use lest it lead to the profiling of individuals associated with the virus.”

-Dr. Mike Ryan

More racism allegedly coming from the White House:

CLIP: President Trump is asked about the term 'Kung Flu'

Watch complete news conference here: https://t.co/GwQnJ0pwmo pic.twitter.com/ElDbKUvrgU

— CSPAN (@cspan) March 18, 2020

This morning a White House official referred to #Coronavirus as the “Kung-Flu” to my face. Makes me wonder what they’re calling it behind my back.

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) March 17, 2020

Earlier today: