Actor and activist George Takei says President Trump calling COVID-19 "The Chinese Virus" sends "a cold chill throughout the Asian-American community, because he’s sending a signal to the haters.".
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It’s really the TrumpVirus. Let’s make that stick to him.
So are you surprised. Trump has gone after every nationality every chance he gets. That what his supporters like.
georgetakei If it weren’t for this has been being pulled out of obscurity when ever the dems need someone to play the race card would anyone even know who the fuck he is.
Spreading hatred is Trumps forte
My apologies to all of my Asian brothers and sisters however we have a psychotic president in office my only advise is to vote November 3 meanwhile we need to enact the 25th Amendment and place this man in a psych ward
Please Chuck and Pelosi please this is really getting old. Quit posturing for both of your supposed political gain and do something for the American people for the first time in 4 years. This isn’t about the two of you.
A C T I N G
Yup, the West Asians are really offended by Chinese Virus. Asia stretches from the Pacific to the Bosporus.
Considering Donald Trumps wealth is in property and hotels, he could become the first president to file for Bankruptcy protection while in office.
At least he’s not rounding up Asians like FDR did and putting them in camps.
Fuk George. He has been an evil Trump Hater since he won the 2016 election. Daily anti trump rants on twitter. Now his little snowflake heart gets broken because POTUS rightfully calls the virus by its correct name. Give me a break.
BlackNewsPortal Shut Up George! Who put you up to this..... Your Husband? Stick with star trek
Where did this virus come from. Oh yeah China. I don’t remember any Asians crying about Ebola, West Nike, Zinka etc
RSatlarge Trump is a RACIST. He will do anything to keep his racist base to stick with him.
In 1918 the Spanish flu must have upset the people of Spain
The effin Japanese “snuck” attacked Pearl Harbor and tried to take over America. Japanese Americans were detained for 3 yrs in incredibly humane conditions. Released without question once war was over. While George was in internment camp my grandpa was “in” Auschwitz.
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Democrats have a history of being anti- Asian. We know it's in our history books. Calling out the country that gave the world this virus isn't racist.
Was he mad when washingtonpost does it?
FDR put you in an internment camp. We didn’t. There’s an element of thugs who hate against Asians. We don’t.
So why call Spanish flu that way then? I dont mind calling it Chinese flu so people will not forget what China’s secretive government tried to cover up this crisis! Now its a pandemic!
Wonder if he watched or heard what the Chinese woman were saying...
Shut up Spock!
Let's call it the 'Trump Virus' since he did almost nothing to prevent it from spreading to the U.S. and even less to get this country ready to deal with it starting months ago when he was told this is very, very serious. Instead he dismissed it as media hype.
Trump is deliberately whipping up racism and xenophobia as he eyes the November election. Calling Covid-19 the 'Chinese' virus is part of his ugly strategy of scapegoating and distraction from his abysmal failure.
More msnbc propaganda. 'Page not found.'
Then quit eating bats and dogs
Maybe you should’ve thought about that. Chinese leaders actions have consequences. WE DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK ANYMORE!
An old actor giving his opinion. This is how msnbc tries to get viewers. Instead of watching because he is relevant, people watch because 'the Star Trek guy is on'.
Join the club...🤷🏾♂️
Should we call it Chinese food? It's indeed China virus, China is virus to themselves and the rest of the world. China eat every rubbish ranging from rat, life puppy, frog, Human being, snakes, vultures, cocroches, bat, maggot, dog etc.
Yes! It’s Chinese virus because it’s from China! Simple
DonaldTrump feels calling it the ChineseVirus doesnt go far enough, he will now refer to it as the ElaineChao virus. MitchMcConnell showed dismay by taking a long weekend GOPBetrayedAmerica coronavirus
did y'all report on those blacks viciously attacking that asian american the other day or were they not white enough? man was that disgusting
PleaseWelcome Everyone please welcome our new team member GeorgeTakei who will be VP for our WokeVirusDivision. He’d first like to divide/categorize you by where you’re from...but of course you’re always allowed to self identify if you don’t FEEL like your from ChinaGermany etc
ZoomZoomGRL Get over it the virus came from China!!!
this network and wapo are crap
Trump is a disgrace
Really? Looks like the US has been pretty darn good to you.
It is so important at this time to be politically correct... Words can kill you, but the Chinese flu will hurt your feelings.
LymanAWhitney GeorgeTakei thank you!
if you want Jack Daniels in a bar, you don't ask the bartender for American Whiskey, or Tennessee Whiskey. because there are tons of whiskey companies in our country and in tennessee. trump needs his head examined.
China deserves the blowback.
Japaese🇯🇵≠Chinese🇨🇳 Taiwanese🇹🇼≠Chinese🇨🇳 DON'T think of us🇯🇵 one of them🇨🇳‼️ PLEASE Call COVID-19 as the Chinese Virus‼️ Yes,it IS 'Chinese Virus'. We Japanese don't care at all🤷🏻♀️
Hey GeorgeTakei, you were very quiet when CNN was saying it.
25th Amendment time
But it is the Chinese Virus.
i prefer the term asia-phobic to anti-asian It has a better sound to me Among other reasons.... 'We have a long history of asia-phobic hatred in this country.' 'We have a long history of asia-phobia in this country.'
Ever heard of the German Measles, the Asian Flu, Spanish Flu' The ONLY haters and violence the last 3 years has been DEMOCRATS ! ChinaVirus IndoctrinatedNation
Tmeier123 He is gross
GeorgeTakei just became ’s Exec VP & spokesperson for it’s new WokeVirusCommittee whose sole focus is the re-education of viruses. A URAVictim campaign against standard virus nomenclature ie Wayist asshohs!
realDonaldTrump is an enabler for Make America Hate Again followers. A real RacistInChief. It’s also his way of finding a blame for his incompetence. TrumpVirus COVID19 TrumpRecession TrumptheWorstPresidentEVER
So true! I also think he is resorting to distractions again. His tactic is to divert attention from his inability to lead during this crisis. He rates a 10 alright, but in confusing the public with his racist double talk and empty promises.
Call it covfefe 19.problem solve
I'd like to say sorry we all are not like Trump We should work together so no more people die. Just immature name calling placing blame etc doesn't lol good on anyone.
100% ChiChom
Probably has to do with the Japanese sneak attack on the US in Dec of 1941.
It's 'dog whistling' of the lowest order. Trump is trying to divert attention from his own inaction.
Using the term = trump is doing it on purpose. Every chance he gets to divide, spread racism, embolden the haters. Trump is truly a monster.. Even in this time of crisis! He is the virus. The country will take a long time to heal after trump... TrumptheWorstPresidentEVER
Dumb
Yeah, because Sulu is so unbiased and would never look to any excuse to slam Trump. And, no, Sulu isn’t Chinese.
We call viruses by their location origin for years..... German Measles Lyme Disease (Lyme, CT) Ebola (Ebola River) Ebola Zaire Virus Zika Virus Spanish Flu and now.. Wuhan (or Chinese) Virus
He's an Actor, that explains everything best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek television series.
George is Japanese... they don't like the Chinese.
Congrats for the great coverage of the COVID19 crisis but WHEN are you going to INCLUDE the 4M Americans in the US territories of Guam, American Samoa, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands in the maps/graphs/lists showing COVID19 cases in the US which WE HAVE TOO?
Who gives a shit about washed up George Takei. georgetakei
Who the hell cares! FakeNews reporting on an anti-American hater! Why I don't watch y'all.
Disagree
I totally agree. The word 'Oriental' is still used!
This is nothing new. This is just getting more frightening, because people will be hurt.
Just another celebrity injecting themselves into the spotlight. Some sing like dopes and others share their unwanted and unneeded opinions.
I bet you Gobsnots even think the spanish flu came from Mexico
Should be just about enough Asian Americans to guarantee that DJT is not invited back to WH after November.
Ok looks like another one headed back home.Sorry it didn't work out. Can we have your things. Ya it's sucks here by by. No need to complain. Save that for home.
“Trump and his Republican allies are using racism to try to distract from his disastrous preparations for and response to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of taking responsibility for and addressing early failures, they're blaming the crisis on China.”
Just more liberal outrage porn for the ❄️
Every group playing the victim ALL the time is really getting old
So should H1N1 be called 'American flu'?
MSNBC your race card expired and you no longer have a 3 security digit code. Please apply for new race card but make sure that you can use it and all cases at all stores
No one should be surprised by this. Asian Americans have been the scapegoat of choice ever since this country was formed
Spanish Flu has been called for 107 years, why is it suddenly racist to call the China virus a China Virus?GET OFF TRUMPS A$$
Trump lives on hatred.
Because of Trump. You guys had months to prepare for the virus and guess what? USA dont even have testers for the hospitals. Even Iran tested more people than the whole USA, until Jack Ma donated 500k tester to the US. Dont blame others when US ignored the problem.
To help do it. If you have extra share it. Its not just the way a farmer/ country girl like me was raised. We can NOT CHANGE YESTERDAY..LET FIGHT FOR THE WORLD TODAY RIGHT HERE! RIGHT NOW. WE CAN AND NEED TO BE BETTER. CAUSE WE ARE THE WORLD!!!
Let me START BY SAYING SORRY..THAT MORE PEOPLE WANT TO WASTE PRECIOUS TIME OVER WHO WHAT WHERE, INSTEAD OF THOSE DYING, we are all better people then this. THE WORLD IS CRYING OUT FOR HELP. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE FROM. Time to take care of each other. If you can do something
Please correctly refer to his red hats as Chinese hats .
Strange: West Nile, Spanish Flu, etc. no problem for celebs. As actually reported: the Chinese communist party news agency has been pushing propaganda that the USA created the virus. Why are the Dems & celebs protecting Chinese govt & attacking USA? The virus started in China.
MSNBC again shielding for the Chinese government, got to appease the boss.
George is a mentally deranged alphabet. This virus was brought to you by China. It is a Chinese virus. The government of China is responsible for it getting out of hand. Trump is right and he never blamed Chinese people.
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If people of a certain race are negatively affected and says it’s racist, then it’s racist. That’s why scientists determine scientific names for viruses, not idiotic bigots who prefer to live in the dark ages of walls and name-calling.
Trump is awful!
Lol. Ok, boomer
We are not against the Asian or the Chinese and you know we have plenty of Chinese restaurants Chinese people doing nails working in places and they're not a prejudice against them so get off the bandwagon stupid
Trump is a disgusting bastard, that's exactly what he's doing!
Meanwhile Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire, sends us 500k test kits (each one tests 300 ppl) & 1M masks. realDonaldTrump ’s FAILURE to ensure preparedness measures were in place, will result in a significant loss of life. Pence as Covid19 czar vs. Fauci - another classic mistake.
More extremely poor leadership by Trump. He is completely devoid of humanity.
GeorgeTakei also touches people.
How sad! We should love all Americans
For true Christians, unconditional Love is what Jesus Christ said. “Love is the most important..” How are the GOP leaders doing, to follow Jesus teaching? How are the Dem leaders doing to follow Jesus teaching? From an, American Democrat, Who believes he is a Christian.
The only people who connote racism when using the proper name of something are racists.
GeorgeTakei realDonaldTrump is putting every person in this country in danger... he not only continues to incite violence, he is causing deaths to people all over America by his incompetence of not making testing available all over this country. ImpeachTrumpAgain GOP
Bullshit....victim victim victim....TDS at its finest
GeorgeTakei Well, then inform the Chinese making weapons grade viruses and destroying the world is a bad thing- and threatening the United States Navy is a bad thing too. ***Sarcasm*** Remember George? YOU ARE A TOY!
The 1st case in Washington the 35 year old returned from visiting his family in Wuhan. If you do not figure out what caused this it could happen again in the future. Was Environmental or Lifestyle or Both?
It’s about accountability. Of course China would rather you forget where this began & that it could of been avoided. Does Chinese food have to be cooked in China to be Chinese food in America?
America is such the country of hate that immigrants from all counties keep flocking in. the corrupt media mob in their never ending attacks on America has labeled everything we do as racist. If an Italian or Irish family is all white it’s racist that’s how ridiculous it’s become
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That is his intent along with diversion tactic. 1. His haters/base love that. Feeds their hearts quicker then gospel. 2. Blaming China ( who like WH ) hid truth. But he had intel reports he purposely hid (I like the numbers where they are now)!
Nonsense!
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Of course he is part of the talking head echo chamber of the left lunatic party. None of these people have any kind of thought process whatsoever
What you forget is trump is a hater, promotes hatred and is happy when he distracts people from his failures by promoting hate at others.
OMG George Chinese Checkers Chinese Food Chinese virus 🦠
When in panic, people needs an enemy, the most cold blooded politician will burn the other race, it always works very well, Jew, Tutsi, now Chinese.
“Asians are an untapped reservoir of votes! Let’s make THEM believe they’re VICTIMS. Let’s use FakeNews to strike fear in their communities & point our finger at Twump & scweam Waycist WAAAAYCISSSSSSSST!! Bleeehhhhh!”
This isn’t news...this is liberalism
The virus came from China, soooooooo.
It seems the only thing the moron is capable of..blaming others..
It’s the Chinese Virus. He doesn’t have a right NOT to get his feelings hurt
Chinese Virus 1918:
Here we go again what about the Spanish flu the Ebola etc it is the Chinese virus
The only ones sending signals to haters are those who hate realDonaldTrump Once again, the extreme left MSM pushes to encourage negativity via deception & lies to the general public in order to create hatred towards the one man they hate the most, realDonaldTrump
George Takei tells the truth!
Asian massacre is the only way to protect our country from Chinese virus🇨🇳.children of United states🇺🇸, let‘s start our Crystal Night，maybe China night！嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻
tahiti93 🙏❤️
Spanish flu, German measles, MERS STANDS FOR MIDDLE EASTERN RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
“If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” James Madison
Typical Trump: Stochastic Terrorism 🤡🎪🕌💰
Trump needs to stop! this virus is bad enough plus the hatred in this country is bad enough!! He is adding fuel to the fire buy calling it any other name but the corona or covid-19. Of course he doesn't care
It is Chinese various if you like live in space
What do we call Chinese food now?
Fine, it's not the Chinese virus. It's the Chinese Government-Sanctioned Virus
Remind Takei that he and his family fled their Asian country to the alleged racist haters of America for a better life. They achieved that better life. Stop being ungrateful and Asian and be an American.
Ntsizwa Trump uses hate for 'the other' to keep his followers bound to him. Gives them someone else to blame for his failures. Mexicans Blacks Chinese journalists Obama etc Whoever is a useful target at the time.
trumpretweeter Sorry that you can’t get past your PTSD but we have no time for your feelings right now please call a local psychologist! 800-STOPBIT, extension CHING!
It’s 100% HATE Speech.
Msndnc and cnn and the rest of the rabid just hate trump dems are brain dead they have been calling diseases from their point if origin for years heres a few West nile virus Spanish flu which killed 50 million Congo fever African trypanosomiasis Japanese encephalitis
Let Realdonaldtrump & SecPompeo be the ONLY TWO FOOLS on the planet referring to Covid-19 as the 'Chinese virus'. Let their ignorance & xenophobia shine clear for all to see.
Really you people are focused on this bullshit
Its the chinese virus get over it, noone is saying asian people are diseased, just that the virus originated from china
I never defend this a hole , but it did kinda start in China! But , and here is where I go back to slamming him, if he had not wrecked the Chinese economy with his tariffs, they probably would have shared what was happening.
If you're a Vet who had to fight these AHs, you'll understand why...
I'm not Asian-American and Trump's verbiage chills my soul. He needs to stop.
Get over it!! Sticks and stones!
Yes...he’s definitely sending a signal. But, he is the president of HATRED & GREED. His supporters can fix it up however they want to, blame it on Obama, etc. Peoples’ lives are a stake! Many have been lost.
Impeached American despot Donald Trump was very successful *launching* his candidacy with his xenophobic and racist hatred, which attracted exactly the supporters he wanted: white supremacists, Nazis, KKK. He is simply doing it again because racism works. 2016wasaRACISTelection
Trump was calling it Chinese virus because the spokesperson from Chinese Foreign Ministry was saying that the US military had brought the virus to China. Instead of arguing, He simply called it Chinese virus. I don't see a problem. He was defending the US military.
Someone beam him back to space
Who gives a shit about George Takei.
He prolly got it
Stop with your Asian American racism. There is absolutely no racism in stating facts. The fact patient zero showed up November 17, 2019. FACT, why is everything stated that includes ethnicity racism.
Pretty sure sulu doesn’t speak for every Asian American
Absolutely what he is doing! Please change the leadership of America in November!! Wake up , whoever voted this a-hole in , and vote for a real leader, not this narcissistic, evil, divider for another 4 years.
Nothing constructive for the country is being accomplished by Trump using the term 'Chinese virus'. His use of the term is merely to distract from his own incompetence during a crisis. That's it.
Chinese Communist Party Wuhan Virus.
Head of NBC: We literally have shit to talk about, but we have to reiterate how bad Orange man is! MSNBC:
Too bad Sulu
That was his intent (he's just weak)
President Trump called the Chinese virus, not the Asian-American virus. As it currently stands, only you are trying to tie the Chinese virus name to Asian-Americans. Disgusting, you have such little regard for people, that you would use them as pawns
Didn't you rape a dude?
It is ChinaVirus !
Wtf?
George Takei! Hahahahaha
The Pres calls it the Chinese Virus to counter the false accusations that America intentionally spread the virus in China. How about the German measles, or the Hong Kong Flu? How about M.E.R.S, Middle Eastern Respritory Syndrome, are they racist as well? Cold chill, ridiculous!
BidenInBedWithChinaBillions DemsHateAmerica DemsDefendChinaWhileWeSufferFromChinaVirus
Trump has the IQ of a rock!!!
If we don't name/shame China this will simply happen again. China needs to shut down Wet Markets so the world can be a safer place.
Origins are important Origins are important Origins are important.
Totally! Its our racism.
pangolin or bat meat in wuhan and boom : an pandemic 2 months after... something is not right here. Smells like an bio weapon attack
Hate is a personal choice. If someone hated Asian-Americans before - then what Trump has said will not effect their opinions not one bit. For those who treat everyone the same, then they will still show respect for them too. Using the word 'Chinese' to mean China doesn't matter.
Another dog whistle from the white supremacist residing in the White House.
Folks who are reluctant to embrace scientific names for illnesses and refer to Tuberculosis as “The White Plague” are lazy. As my father would say, “Look it up.” And we did in our 32 volume on bookshelves low enough for all of us kids to reach.
Gee, George, you seem to have done well here !
Full of Bull
THE TRUTH HURTS. 👎🏾
Who's Chinese and related to George Take... If it were Jet Like or Jackie or even John Cho,.. it'd be much different
It would appear that the Trump administration and the Republican party have been told to use the name Chinese or Wuhan virus. It is a disgrace that the Secretary of State is Tweetng about the Wuhan virus. (SARS-CoV-2) is commonly known as the Corona virus.
Long history of anti-asian hatred ? Does it go back as far as December 7th 1941 ? But it is silly to argue about the name of a virus, however now that Trump knows it pisses off liberals he will never stop calling it chinese virus.
Much respect George.
imwithhim45 Where’s the little boys
soyboy George has hurt feelings. So what dude! ChinaLiedAndPeopleDied ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus ChinaVirus
He doesn’t represent a large part of America. Please accept apologies from all the decent people. We’ll fix this in November.
imwithhim45 It started their
George Takei basically rapped a dude. So there’s that.
The real danger is the man in the White House. His words are poisonous, as is his soul.😠😠😠😠
Again. Wuhan is in China. Right MSNBC? The Wuhan Virus originated in Wuhan China. Right MSNBC? Keep playing the race card & using identity politics. This served you and your ILK very well in 2016. I guess the Spanish Flu was racist too. 🤡!
The media was calling it the Chinese virus until a couple weeks ago. LIES,hate and division MSNBC this is who they are
You are a 'hater'
Make sure the Asian Americans vote him out of office!!
USA is a country of immigrants, what DT do is destroying this country🙁
Lets not forget George Takei BROKE THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF VOTING! Never vote Gender, Race, Age, or SEXUAL ORIENTATION! Vote based on whose money they take!! ergo vote BernieSanders not MayorPete
If you have a cold chill, grow some thick skin, it should help! Trump 2020
Bringing this into the news daily does exactly the opposite of what it is you hope to accomplish. Get over it, you will not win this one.
DanSkinnerArt 👍
What a load of BULL SHIT!
I call bull shit....
Perfect example of Terminal Trump Derangement Syndrome..
Exactly what it is
Says the leader in 'racist' rhetoric. RUSSIAcollusion
What about the Asian flu, Rocky mountain spotted fever, etc. You could care less, anything to disparage PRESIDENT TRUMP...
It came from China dude!
I guess “Russian collusion” sends a cold chill through the Russian community too?
MS-DNC out with their usual BS - who exactly is attacking Asians?
Its not hate, the Chinese created this shit!!
Why can’t you ignorant, hate-filled liberals understand that we ALL need to stand behind our President now whether you like him or not. He has the toughest job any president has had since FDR, due to ZERO fault of his own. NO ONE could foresee what this thing would do. No one.
When the goat flu hit, I was getting beat up everyday 🤕
Who is this old guy ?
Maybe you don't think it's racist maybe you're not racists but real racists can't tell the difference. So all you're doing is enabling racists by using terms they accept regardless of how you 'feel' about it.
Should we start calling SmallPox the white man's disease? I'm asking for a Native American friend. BlueWave2020
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