President Trump on Saturday used “kung flu' to describe coronavirus, a phrase White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has specifically called out for being “highly offensive'
President Donald Trump on Saturday used racist terms to describe coronavirus — including “kung flu,” a phrase White House counselor and Trump ally Kellyanne Conway has specifically called out for being “highly offensive.”“COVID-19 — that name gets further and further away from China, as opposed to calling it the Chinese virus,” Trump added. “It has more names than any disease in history. I can name ‘kung flu.’”President Trump talks about the many names of Coronavirus, including “Kung Flu”. pic.
Conway noted she is married to an Asian American man: Her husband, lawyer George Conway, who dislikes Trump intensely, is part Filipino.ramp water kung flu windmills dead birds Hunter Biden Obama Minneanopolis https://t.co/6R4oC5HqBYPublic health experts and political leaders around the world have sharply criticized Trump for labeling COVID-19 a Chinese disease.
The pandemic “calls for a truly global, unified response,” he added. “Attempts to ascribe the virus to one culture, ethnicity or country can only hinder this effort, alienating people who could instead collaborate and support one another.”
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