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Where is condemnation from No. 45?

By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

You don’t need to answer the question posed in the headline atop this brief blog post.

It’s a rhetorical query, given that I don’t really expect Donald Trump to say a word about the shooting in suburban Atlanta, Ga., that left eight people dead, six of whom were Asian-Americans.

Our national debate over race relations and racism has turned toward the Asian-American community, which has been demonized and vilified partly because of the rhetoric that came from Trump as the COVID virus began to spread across the nation and around the world. It began in China, and Trump — even today, after he has left office — continues to call it the “China virus.”

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If the ex-president had a shred of decency he would issue a statement of condemnation against the attacks against Asian-Americans and certainly against the massacre that occurred at three Asian-American owned businesses.

Is there a link between Trump’s angry rhetoric and the violence against Asian-Americans that appears to be occurring in communities across the land? It looks like it to me. Whether we ever hear from the ex-president of the United States remains as unlikely as ever.

What a shame.

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Nix the ‘Chinese virus’ talk, Mr. POTUS

The Bigot in Chief just can’t resist tripping all over himself.

The Dallas Morning News noted correctly in an editorial today that Donald J. Trump finally began to sound like a leader when dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

Then he stumbled again. He took to Twitter to refer to the pandemic as the “Chinese virus.” Yep. It’s China’s “fault.” Or so the president would have us believe with his idiotic Twitter rant.

The Morning News took note of how President Bush managed to soothe much of the nation’s grief after 9/11. He stood with Muslim-Americans and said they are as proud of the nation “as I am.” He said categorically that we are a nation of people of all faiths who share the same sense of common decency and kindness.

Trump just cannot get that notion through his thick skull. Oh, no. Instead he chooses to inflame mistrust toward Asian-Americans with that ridiculous “Chinese virus” reference.

As the Morning News commented: As many public health experts across the country have taken pains to explain, viruses donā€™t have nationalities, and they donā€™t discriminate when it comes to who can spread disease or become infected. Labeling coronavirus as a ā€œChineseā€ virus only contributes to the confusion and divisiveness in an uncertain time.

The president needs to step up and stop this moronic chiding of Asian-Americans who are in this fight along with the entire country.