The tweet was vehemently criticised, with people accused him of turning to ‘racism’ in a time of crisis.
Many officials, slammed the usage of the phrase as inaccurate and potentially harmful in promoting racist associations between the virus and those from China, as per NBC News. And I hate bringing more attention to the fact that he said Chinese virus… but I’d like us to continue to look out for our Asian brothers and sisters who are experiencing attacks against them because people are assuming…