As President Donald Trump continues to refer to the "Chinese Virus," people across media, politics, academia and more are coming together to condemn racism against Asians.
Trump and other Republican lawmakers have persisted in using such phrases, saying many news outlets did the same in the early stages of the outbreak, despite subsequent guidance from the World Health Organization that viruses should not be named after locations to avoid stigmatization.
At a news conference Wednesday, Trump denied that such phrases were derogatory.
"It’s not racist at all, no," Trump said. "Not at all. It comes from China. That’s why. I want to be accurate.”
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Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden rejected the president's explanation, telling him on Wednesday to stop "xenophobic fear-mongering."
Stop the xenophobic fear-mongering. Be honest. Take responsibility. Do your job. https://t.co/nQ5aLVrpyb
— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 18, 2020Fellow presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., also said that Trump and his allies are stoking anti-Chinese bigotry in response to the pandemic.
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