My what a difference a couple of weeks make. Not that long ago it was perfectly acceptable to refer to COVID-19 as the “Chinese coronavirus” or the “Wuhan coronavirus” mostly because it originated in Wuhan, China. Now liberals have weaponized this, using it as another excuse to accuse Republicans of racism. Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar, who thinks directly quoting her is racist, says that Republican Rep. Kevin McKarthy is a stone-cold racist for calling the coronavirus the same damn thing everyone in the liberal media calls it.
Here’s what liberals now classify as racism:
Everything you need to know about the Chinese coronavirus can be found on one, regularly-updated website: https://t.co/nGCCDVqcqe
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) March 9, 2020
And here are liberals classifying this as racism:
Viruses don’t have nationalities.
This is racist. https://t.co/edNDoe1LI9
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) March 10, 2020
Calling it the “Chinese coronavirus” isn’t just racist, it’s dangerous and incites discrimination against Asian Americans and Asian immigrants.@GOPLeader, delete this tweet―now. It’s beneath the office of a member of Congress, let alone a party leader. pic.twitter.com/AcLqwcgtdn
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) March 10, 2020
Really? So it’s racist to call COVID-19 the “Chinese coronavirus” or the “Wuhan coronavirus?” Somebody better tell The New York Times:
The Wuhan coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a pandemic that circles the globe, according to experts. But scientists do not yet know how lethal the new coronavirus is. https://t.co/u1KezmOoq2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 2, 2020
And The Washington Post:
Scientists are unraveling the Chinese coronavirus with unprecedented speed and openness https://t.co/GBNZOwQAFH
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 25, 2020
And The Guardian:
A man lies dead in the street: the image that captures the Wuhan coronavirus crisis https://t.co/nOO1EhbqOA
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 31, 2020
Plus check out this CNN headline: Vaccine for new Chinese coronavirus in the works
Or this CNBC headline: The CDC and Homeland Security begin screening for Chinese Coronavirus at three major US airports as outbreak spreads in Asia
And yes, all of these fake news outlets now have stories about how racist Republicans are for calling it either “Wuhan” or “Chinese” coronavirus. It’s amazing how quickly they have turned this into an attack of Republicans, isn’t it?
What’s next? Ted Cruz got some take-out Chinese food so he’s a racist? Mitch McConnell played Chinese checkers with his Asian wife and he is now the Grand Dragon of the KKK?
Doing a “Chinese fire drill” is mildly racist. Referring to 2:30 (tooth hurty) as “Chinese toothache time” is definitely racist. Calling a virus that originated in China after the place of origin however is anything but racist.
This is one more way that the flaming hypocrites on the left feign outrage as a means to cover their own horrible racism. If the liberal media is fake news, and they are, liberals are fake people.
