Coronavirus National Emergency: Donald Trump's 'China Virus' Note Gives Social Media a 'Sharpie Gate' Reminder
It appears history has repeated itself, and sooner than expected. On Thursday, a photograph [...]
Trump crossed out the word corona and wrote Chinese with a sharpie from today's notes. #Trump #RacistInChief #TrumpVirus #TrumpPandemic #racism pic.twitter.com/3MUv2ola9b
— Alice 🐨🦘 (@Taylor78Alice) March 20, 2020
I missed Trump’s press briefing today. Are we nuking the virus yet?
Or Sharpie’ing the virus into Mexico?
— Poetic Justice (@PoeticJ59274248) March 20, 2020
The comparisons were more than obvious for some.
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Trump wanted that racist line drawn. Just as much as the sharpie line he drew during the hurricane previously
— FRESH_the_CHEF (@FRESHtheCHEF1) March 17, 2020
I think it’s quite possible that your response to CoronaVirus is worse than Hurricane Maria when you let 3,000 Americans die. #IMPOTUS #TrumpIsIncompetent #Pandumbic
— 💁🏼♂️Oshka 🏳️🌈🌊🌎 ☮️🍕🖖🏼 (@oshkamaloshka) March 19, 2020
Hurricane Dorian struck The Bahamas in late August of 2019, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
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“Chinese Virus”. I didn’t think the Coronavirus was Chinese. Smh. Alabama had a hurricane according to Trump this morning? SMH #coronavirus #DumpTrump2020
— Judy Rose NW (@JudyRoseNW) March 18, 2020
Bet Trump used the very same sharpie to change corobacto Chinese that he used to alter that Alabama hurricane map
— Betty Rogers (@BARogers9) March 19, 2020
After striking the Bahamas, the storm moved alongside the east coast of Florida, before eventually turning east.
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Trump will get his magical "Sharpie" and change the actual number. https://t.co/OoN7KVXnIb
— Leverage.linc (@Gorissajoma) March 20, 2020
Remember @realDonaldTrump wanted to deploy a nuke into the last hurricane? I hope he doesnt get the same idea, to eradicate Coronavirus. 😥
— Jo Anne Roberts (@HelenaofTroy60) March 20, 2020
Despite never making landfall in the U.S, a number of states including Florida, Georgia and Virginia (but not Alabama) all declared a national emergency at the time.
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Bet Trump used the very same sharpie to change corobacto Chinese that he used to alter that Alabama hurricane map
— Betty Rogers (@BARogers9) March 19, 2020
Did Trump bring his doctored sharpie map of Alabama getting hit by a hurricane ? I bet FEMA would have had a good laugh.
— Dump The Trump (@juan_secada) March 19, 2020
Previously, Trump had been criticized for his handling of Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico in September of 2017.
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Trump’s not blowing his racist dog whistle? Look how he used his magic sharpie to rewrite his speech to say Chinese, instead of Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/Yhv18CSVYy
— Laurie Fare (@LaurieFare1) March 20, 2020
Is Trump being deliberately racist - it is NOT the ‘Chinese Virus’ He is utterly utterly disgusting and what is he wittering on about hurricanes for??? 🙄🙄🤬🤬🤬
— Dolly (@Conac02) March 18, 2020
According to the CDC, there are more than 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus in the U.S., including all 50 states along with the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands.
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