Donald Trump called COVID-19 the 'Chinese Virus' and Twitter lost it

Twitterati couldn't help but point out his 'racist' remarks

If there's one thing during this pandemic mayhem that's keeping Twitter on its toes, it's US President Donald Trump's remarks about it.

After fumbling more than once in his handling of the dire issue, the president took to Twitter to share a particular tweet that came across especially racist in a time that could do without such - and of course, Twitter wasn't having it!

Addressing the Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, Trump tweeted, "Cuomo wants 'all states to be treated the same.' But all states aren’t the same. Some are being hit hard by the Chinese Virus, some are being hit practically not at all."

Cuomo wants “all states to be treated the same.” But all states aren’t the same. Some are being hit hard by the Chinese Virus, some are being hit practically not at all. New York is a very big “hotspot”, West Virginia has, thus far, zero cases. Andrew, keep politics out of it....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2020

The tweet, almost instantly, caused a furor on American twitter after people caught onto the fact that a leader was attaching a 'racist' connotation to the deadly virus.

https://twitter.com/Tim010451/status/1239919477858267136

Lmao you know Donald Trump is racist when he can’t stop being racist even during a world crisis. Lol I cant believe he publicly called the corona the Chinese virus. Straight up ignorant dumb ass lol.

— Toni Romiti (@toniromiti) March 17, 2020

Imagine knowing that calling the coronavirus the #ChineseVirus is racist but doing it again anyways.

But here we are.

— Angela Belcamino (@AngelaBelcamino) March 17, 2020

https://twitter.com/sparky347v/status/1239901222770900992

Chinese-Americans also started weighing in with what they think of 'racism' in the country in the wake of the pandemic.

https://twitter.com/goingglocal/status/1239798430903554048

OMG, Trump just said Chinese Virus? Is he crazy?! This is absolutely racism! Every Chinese American will not forgive this!

— Christian Chang🇳🇿🇺🇸 (@WuZhangli) March 17, 2020

You will lose my vote! I voted you in 2016. I’m so sick about your big stinky racism mouth and your slow response of the Coronavirus. As early as January, 2020, you already knew the New Corona Virus. It’s really YOUR fault! It’s not Chinese American’s fault.

— Yang (@Yangyang_2021) March 17, 2020

This isn't the first time that Trump has referred to coronavirus as the 'Chinese Virus' publically. On Tuesday, he addressed a press conference where he defended his choice of words, saying, "Well China was putting out information, which was false, that our military gave this to them. That was false. Rather than having an argument, I said I have to call it where it came from. It did come from China."

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