Majority Of Americans Agree With Trump's 'Chinese Virus' Terminology: Poll
A majority of American adults agree with using the term “Chinese virus” to describe the coronavirus, despite media members pillorying President Donald Trump for using that term.
Three consecutive national surveys by The Harris Poll found that more than 50 percent of Americans said they somewhat or strongly agree with Trump using the term “Chinese virus.”
The poll results make for a stark contrast with the establishment media’s reaction to the term “Chinese virus.”
MSNBC anchor John Heilemann said on air last month that Trump’s use of the term “Chinese virus” is “nakedly racist and obviously racist and blatantly racist.”
CNN opinion writer Jill Filipovic similarly claimed that using the term “Chinese virus” was “xenophobic racism” and compared it to scapegoating European Jews for the Black Death.
Other journalists, from Vox writers to the New York Times editorial board, have denounced the president’s use of the term.
But the American public seems to disagree.
The three Harris polls, all of which are from late March or early April, showed 52, 54 and 52 percent of Americans agreeing with Trump.
The most recent Harris poll, which surveyed 1,993 adults between April 3-5, also found that an overwhelming majority of Americans hold the Chinese government responsible for the virus’s spread.
That’s in line with scientific research on the subject.
One study found that up to 95 percent of COVID-19’s spread could have been prevented if the Chinese government had acted three weeks sooner than it did.
A majority of Americans, 58 percent, agree that China should “be required to pay other countries for the spread of the virus,” the most recent Harris poll found.
After China Virus dies, US should immediately:
-Recognize Taiwan
– Tariff Chinese goods for Virus Relief Fund
-Repatriate manufacturing & medicine production
-Give tax break to businesses to leave China
-Economically invest in India
-Deduct $ spent on virus from China Debt— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 9, 2020
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