Senate Democrats introduce resolution deeming coronavirus terms such as ‘Chinese virus’ racist

Published May 21, 2020 2:11pm ET



California Sen. Kamala Harris and several other Senate Democrats introduced a resolution condemning COVID-19 virus nicknames such as the “Chinese virus” as racist.

President Trump and many others have used the terms “Wuhan virus” and “Chinese virus” to describe the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 5 million people worldwide. In a Wednesday Senate resolution co-sponsored by Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and 23 other Democratic senators, lawmakers called on the chamber to condemn the terms as racist.

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