“There are reports of dozens of incidents of bias against Chinese Americans in this country,” she stated. “Your own aides have said, ‘He does not use this term ... that ethnicity does not cause the virus.’ Why do you keep using this? A lot of people say it’s racist.”Trump dismissed the nuances she posed in her question. It comes from China, that’s why.”Later, he insisted that Asian Americans would agree “100%” with using the phrase. Since then, he’s tweeted the phrase “Chinese Virus,” as he styles it, four more times and denied that he ever downplayed the outbreak’s seriousness.

Source: Huffington Post March 18, 2020 19:30 UTC