At rallies, one protester yelled, 'Go to China.' In state legislatures, anti-China bills are being proposed. On conservative radio, callers want to punish China over the coronavirus.
days after they traveled to China on official business when he was vice president, even though there’s no direct evidence of impropriety.repeatedly on China’s culpability for the pandemic. He initially praised the country and its leader, President Xi Jinping, more than a dozen times in the early days of the outbreak, often stressing the recent trade deal the two countries had signed.
Trump later reversed course, though, and started excoriating the country for its handling of the virus. The pivot came as Trump faced criticism that he initially downplayed the outbreak and failed to quickly produce and ship tests andto states. America has now passed 1 million coronavirus cases, with more than 60,000 people dying from the disease.
“He understands his presidency rises and falls on the very pandemic he denied was a pandemic and he is desperate to try to counteract the narrative that has set in that he wasn’t up to the job,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly , who cited coronavirus when he endorsed Biden last month. “That’s a devastating critique. You don’t get re-elected with that narrative.”
In response, Trump has touted the narrative that China, not him, is at fault. It’s a message that plays into American’s current feelings about China. About two-thirds of the country has an unfavorable view of China, the highest number in 15 years, according to aby Pew Research Center. That figure is also up nearly 20 percentage points since Trump was inaugurated in 2017.
“The desire for China to be held accountable for the spread of Covid-19 is no longer limited to Trump supporters,” said Brian Swenson, a Republican strategist in Florida who worked for Sen. Marco Rubio , referencing the disease that results from the coronavirus.
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