In a tweet asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to “keep politics out of” the coronavirus response, President Trump once again accurately called the deadly pandemic that began in Wuhan, China and that spread to the rest of the world because China hid information about it a “Chinese Virus”:
Cuomo wants “all states to be treated the same.” But all states aren’t the same. Some are being hit hard by the Chinese Virus, some are being hit practically not at all. New York is a very big “hotspot”, West Virginia has, thus far, zero cases. Andrew, keep politics out of it….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2020
He’s right about having to treat each state differently, but West Virginia is preparing for coronavirus, too:
Even our governor acknowledged yesterday coronavirus is absolutely in West Virginia, we just haven't had the means to do the appropriate level of testing. Brushing it off like this feels deeply irresponsible, especially from the leader of the country. https://t.co/eyN0nzNXVU
— Paige Lavender (@paigelav) March 17, 2020
And, of course, blue checks took issue with “Chinese Virus”:
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Serial offender….he repeats the words 'Chinese Virus' again https://t.co/cpuLTu6zXk
— Harinder Baweja (@shammybaweja) March 17, 2020
Thousands of deaths and trillions in economic damage but don’t call it “China virus”:
Before you get to call it the "China virus", you have to be able to pronounce China, you racist asshat. https://t.co/hGVhdIsMO4
— Jesse Wente (@jessewente) March 17, 2020
He’s just going to do it more, you know that, right?
Cuomo is right.
Stop calling it the Chinese virus! https://t.co/MMr1ipH0cy
— PJ Sykes (@pjsykes) March 17, 2020
We can’t wait for the next task force briefing so they can bring this up:
The president is back today calling the coronavirus the "Chinese Virus." https://t.co/XtTpnhDNrS
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 17, 2020
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