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NEW: ‘Lock her up’ ‘Build the wall!’ ‘Send them back!’ And now ‘Kung flu!’ emerges as new rallying cry for Trump supporters as president employs racist language to juice base amid slumping poll numbers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-kung-flu-trump-sparks-backlash-over-racist-language--and-a-rallying-cry-for-supporters/2020/06/24/485d151e-b620-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html

With ‘kung flu,’ Trump sparks backlash over racist language — and a rallying cry for supporters

President’s use of the racial slur to describe the coronavirus coincides with polling that shows low public support for his handling of both the pandemic and nationwide protests for racial justice.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-kung-flu-trump-sparks-backlash-over-racist-language--and-a-rallying-cry-for-supporters/2020/06/24/485d151e-b620-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html

Among those at Phoenix rally where Trump and crowd traded cries of “Kung flu” was Kimberly Yee, the first Asian American elected to Arizona’s state legislature — and co-chair of “Asian Americans for Trump.” She bashed Dems, not Trump, when I asked her about his language today.

Yee did not respond to my question of whether she has used or would use the phrase “Kung flu” herself

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