Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has no idea what the “19” in “COVID-19” stands for, instead choosing to once again use a racist term for the deadly disease coronavirus causes.
The comment came during a speech in Arizona to members of Turning Point USA — a group of young, Trump-supporting, right-wing activists — in which he rattled off a list of names people had used to refer to coronavirus, including racist terms like “Wuhan” virus and “kung-flu.”
“Kung flu. ‘COVID.’ ‘COVID-19.’ ‘COVID.’ I said, ‘What’s the ’19?’ ‘COVID-19.’ Some people can’t explain what the 19 — give me the — ‘COVID-19.’ I said, ‘That’s an odd name.’ I could give you many, many names,” Trump said. Continue reading.