As Chinese Americans face increased hate crimes, the president argued, “It’s not racist at all.”
, he will invoke the Defense Production Act, which will help increase the production of necessary medical supplies like ventilators.
Ahead of Wednesday’s White House briefing, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Trump to invoke the act, as did Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Trump also called the coronavirus “the China virus” at the press conference and argued it wasn’t a racist term. When a reporter noted that“It's not racist at all, no. Not at all,” Trump said. “It comes from China.”Our newsletter, Outbreak Today, will do its best to put everything we do know in one place — you canalways get in touch. And if you're someone who is seeing the impact of this firsthand, we’d also love to hear from you .
As the press conference came to an end, one reporter asked about a tweet from CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang,, “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.”
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