With 9,415 infections and 150 deaths (as of March 19, 2020) from coronavirus, GOP’s cultist MAGAts have moved on from denying its existence to outright using racism to fan flames & shed blame, led of course by cult leader.
Trump is repeatedly calling coronavirus China Virus, even though the infection in the US is entirely caused by his inaction. The first cases of coronavirus in the US and in South Korea were discovered on the very same day. South Korea mobilised their entire Country against it. Republicans joked and dismissed it. In South Korea, where they tested, tested and tested individuals they have contained coronavirus. In the US, the Country is near shut down.
Trump lied constantly about coronavirus. He put Americans at risk. Those who die from US Coronavirus will die because of his inaction and his contradictory messages. As detailed in this video
To excuse that Trump’s propagandists are using the same hate terms as Trump is, in order to rile up the cult and get them to attack Asian Americans. Here is incel and leading thinker of the Republican youth movement Charlie Kirk doing exactly that.
Tucker Carlson echoes that racism almost but not quite as directly as Trump
As a result of racist GOP propaganda, cultists are attacking Asian people.
At one point the wave of racist attacks on Asian Americans was spreading faster than the virus itself. Trump’s racism will not solve coronavirus. Trump’s racism will not solve anything. Coronavirus is a pandemic. People are dying. Coronavirus needs global co-operation to combat, not a me first attitude.