White House defends Trump's use of racist language

[RandySF]

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended President Trump's use of a racist slur when he referenced Covid-19 at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the previous Saturday.




https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/22/trump-kung-flu-tulsa-kayleigh-mcenany-covid-19-whpb-sot-crn-vpx.cnn

[Doodley]

1. A racist defends another racist. Kayleigh McEnany should resign.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. Love the headline.

Which also has the benefit of being 100% true.

[Ms. Toad]

3. What was NOT pointed out by the media - and should have been -

were the dates on which the media referenced COVID 19 as the "Chinese" or "Wuhan" coronavirus. Virtually all were in January (she gave the dates - almost inviting someone to point out the significance of those dates.

COVID 19 was not the designated name until February 11. Prior to the disease being formally named, designations of place of origin were used to distinguish it from SARS, MERS, and even many colds, which are all caused by the coronavirus.

[SoonerPride]

4. Also this was about him calling it the fucking "KUNG FLU" which the media NEVER DID

She is such a goddamned lying sack of shit.

He's a racist and she is too.

fuck her and her boss.

[Ms. Toad]

5. The media did a good job of pointing that out

They repeatedly pressed her on the use of that specific term.

Her response to specific questions about the use of "Kung Flu" was to repeatedly point out the media's use of a country/city designation in January before it was formally named.

My point was that they should have responed to that, as well. There is not only a dramatic difference in calling it Kung Flu (the media hammered that one), but there is also a dramatic difference in using a country/city designation to identify an unnamed variation of an existing virus and continuing to designate by country/city origin AFTER it has been named.