Democratic lawmakers call on Republicans to apologize for 'bigoted' coronavirus language

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Source: USA Today


Nicholas Wu USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats called on Republicans on Tuesday to apologize for language about the coronavirus the Democratic lawmakers slammed as "bigoted."

Earlier in the day, the House minority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., shared the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's page about the coronavirus, which has been named COVID-19, referring to it as the "Chinese coronavirus."

Condemnation came quickly from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and House Democrats.

Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., who is the vice-chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, replied to McCarthy in a tweet, immediately calling his statement "hurtful," adding that Asian Americans were "getting attacked bc of this exact type of rhetoric."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/10/coronavirus-democrats-slam-bigoted-language-republicans/5016354002/

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[CaptYossarian]

1. He's playing up to his base.

Or is it down?

[beachbumbob]

2. GOP just don't care. Democrats should counter with the "trump virus" the "trump recession", etc

[Scarsdale]

3. McCarthy is not very bright.

Obviously, since he belongs to the gop party. He looks like a deer caught in the headlights when he appears on TV. He is sort of the dimmer version of Matt "How many DUI's?" Goetz. He once said "I think the Russians are paying two people, tRump and (that clown from Calif. I forget his name)." Immediately, Paul Ryan shut him up with "Keep THAT in the family".

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. Anyone dying from coronavirus

should have Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump listed as "cause of death".

[marble falls]

5. +1.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick

[Normanart]

7. perhaps

we might begin to call it the "trump virus". For the USA, that term would be appropriate.

[jayfish]

8. Wait A Minute!

Were looking to show sensitivity to China here? Fuck China! They are directly and maliciosuly responsible for this and calling COVID-19 "Chinese Coronavirus" is the lowest level of punishment that can be doled out to them. Trump being a fucking disaster does not make China peachy-keen. Sorry Chinese Americans. If you think that calling COVID-19 "Chinese Coronavirus" is a slight against you personally then you need to grow the fuck up. I'd bet if COVID-19 came out of Russia, we on the Left would be singing a different tune.

[catsudon]

9. haha

I'm Taiwanese and we call it "Wuhan Pneumonia" in Chinese. Because the virus is not racist itself, it does not care by what name you use when it is infecting you.

same with Spanish Flu or German Measles....etc


also as a joke i usually end with "堅決支持中國祖國原創病毒「武漢肺炎」，反對美帝盜用" on my chinese posts.
loosely translated as "Resolutely support China's original "Wuhan Pneumonia" and oppose misappropriation by America empire of it"