The Democrats’ ugly responses to news of Wuhan Virus at CPAC
On Saturday, news broke that an attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) tested positive for COVID-19, AKA coronavirus or Wuhan Virus. For the next two days, Democrats celebrated this news because they still believe the media lie that President Trump called the virus a hoax. Then, when Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) announced that he was self-quarantining after having had contact with the CPAC attendee who had "Wuhan Virus," Democrats escalated the madness, accusing Gosar of racism.
The logic behind Democrats' celebration was media reports that President Trump called the coronavirus a "hoax." They believed that Trump would now have to face the fact that this "hoax" was decimating members of his party.
The real hoax was that the media had lied. What Trump had said during his campaign rally in South Carolina was that the Democrats were spreading misinformation about the coronavirus to politicize it. This misinformation, like the "Russia, Russia, Russia" claims that preceded it, was a hoax meant to undermine his presidency.
Ignorance about the facts has never stopped Democrats. Many of them, including presumably reputable people identified with blue checks, took to Twitter with glee, celebrating the fact that a potentially dangerous virus had a foothold at a well attended conference:
The president says Coronavirus is a hoax. The same president who spoke at CPAC where an attendee has tested positive for Coronavirus.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) March 7, 2020
вљ пёЏ#CPAC attendee—who was exposed to #coronavirus PRIOR to the conference—has tested positive.@realDonaldTrump and #COVID19 task force “leader” @Mike_Pence attended the conference.
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) March 7, 2020
Maybe now, they’ll admit that the #CoronavirusOutbreak is NOT a “hoax.”🤬https://t.co/mqtN0zaetf
рџљЁрџљЁ A CPAC attendee has tested POSITIVE for coronavirus. Trump spoke at CPAC on 2/29, the SAME DAY he called it the Dems' "new hoax."
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 7, 2020
Trump was *AT* CPAC where the disease he was currently spreading misinfo about was BEING spread, possibly to HIMSELF.
Irony's really something.
Dear вЃ¦@realDonaldTrumpвЃ© -
— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) March 9, 2020
May the hoax be with you. https://t.co/ovUnYhC95T
The level of crazy animosity and wokeness escalated Sunday night, when Rep. Gosar, DDS posted a tweet thread in which he announced that he and three of his senior staff would be self-quarantining after they had "sustained contact at CPAC with a person who has since been hospitalized with the Wuhan Virus." The woke Twitterati, as well as one of Rep. Gosar's fellow representatives, went completely crazy, accusing Gosar of racism for having used the term "Wuhan Virus."
It all started with these tweets from Rep. Gosar:
1. I am announcing that I, along with 3 of my senior staff, are officially under self-quarantine after sustained contact at CPAC with a person who has since been hospitalized with the Wuhan Virus. My office will be closed for the week.
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) March 9, 2020
2. We are all asymptomatic and feel great. But we are being proactive and cautious.
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) March 9, 2020
3. Keep the person in the hospital in your prayers. We are in touch with the CDC and the White House. They are doing a great job staying on top of this.
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) March 9, 2020
(Later on Sunday, Ted Cruz also announced that he is self-quarantining.)
In normal times, the media would have reported that "Rep. Gosar and three of his senior staff have self-quarantined after coming into contact with someone who later proved to be sick with [COVID-19 or coronavirus or Wuhan Virus]." Then, also in normal times, people would have said, "I hope the person who was diagnosed gets well soon and that no one who was in contact with him gets sick. And good for Rep. Gosar and his staff to self-quarantine to ensure that they do not become disease vectors."
These are not normal times. Instead, the woke Twitterati, again led by those with blue checks and lots of followers, accused Rep. Gosar of racism for referring to the virus by its original location. The fact that this is a conventional way of referring to illnesses — e.g., Spanish flu, Ebola virus, Hong Kong flu, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome — was irrelevant.
One of the leaders of the baying pack of wokesters was someone affiliated with MSNBC, NBC, Bloomberg, and NPR, just so you know who's disseminating dis-information in America:
FYI: Calling #COVID19 the "Wuhan Virus" is racist.
— David Gura (@davidgura) March 9, 2020
The invariably insulted and historically ignorant Rep. Ted Lieu chimed in with a non sequitur about Milan, a city in which the virus did not originate:
Dear @DrPaulGosar: I will pray for you, your staff & the person hospitalized.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 9, 2020
Also, calling #COVIDгѓј19 the Wuhan Virus is an example of the myopia that allowed it to spread in the US. The virus is not constrained by country or race. Be just as stupid to call it the Milan Virus. https://t.co/of91p65mIO
MSNBC talking dweeb Chris Hayes had a large presence in the debate:
Just astoundingly gross to call it the Wuhan Virus. https://t.co/cMrsA59xTH
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 9, 2020
Hayes was quickly called to account for his own past reference to the Spanish flu:
Guess this means @chrislhayes is astoundingly gross. pic.twitter.com/06kFLzPcU7
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) March 9, 2020
Others pointed out that Hayes was giving the Chinese government a pass:
The Chinese Gov’t willfully buried news of an outbreak of a virus that came from either 1) its illegal trade of animal parts or 2) a bioweapons lab accident.
— Bryan Dean Wright (@BryanDeanWright) March 9, 2020
It has since killed thousands of innocents and caused global economic calamity.
Your outrage, per usual, is misplaced. https://t.co/dUNy7mY8pR
Too many powerful people in America lack general knowledge and any reasoning abilities. They function on hatred. Their mindset is the worst virus of all.