Donald Trump Sued By Civil Rights Group For Using Term ‘China Virus’

[Tristan]

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It has gone from the ridiculous to the sublime with liberals and their obsession with Donald Trump, even after he has stopped residing in the White House.

Now a civil rights group has decided to sue the 45th President of the United States for calling COVID-19 the China Virus.

It comes at the same time that the media is regularly calling variations of the disease The British, Indian, South African and Brazilian variants, because they are never consistent.

“The federal complaint by the Chinese Americans Civil Rights Coalition (CARC) alleges that Trump’s use of that phrase and similar terms harmed the Chinese American community,” TMZ reported.

“Trump’s getting sued by the Chinese American Civil Rights Coalition … and they’re pissed over him constantly referring to COVID-19 as ‘Chinese virus,’ ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Kung Flu’ while he was in office,’ TMZ said.

“According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the CACRC claims Trump’s use of the derogatory terms contributed to the recent rise in violence against Chinese and Asian Americans … and they claim he should have known better,” it said.

The non-profit group filed the lawsuit Thursday in the Southern District of New York and claimed that Trump caused its members “emotional distress.”

“Defendant’s extreme and outrageous conduct indeed has caused members of the Plaintiff organization, and to a large extent Asian Americans, emotional distress, and resulted in an unmistakable rising up trend of racial violence against Chinese Americans and Asian Americans from New York to California,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit is asking for $1 for every American of Asian or Pacific Island heritage which would be a total of $22.9 million in damages.

“The truth matters, words have consequences … especially from those in powerful and influential positions,” it said. “Against the well-published WHO [World Health Organization] guidelines and the repeated advices from health officials of his own administration, Defendant intentionally repeated those defamatory words to serve his own personal and political interest with an astonishing level of actual malice and negligence, hence severely injuring the Chinese/Asian Americans communities in the process.”

Traditionally viruses have taken the name of their place of origin, but in this case it is a major point of contention for liberals.

Biden even issued an executive order that, while not explicitly banning the use of the phrase “China Virus,” that directed federal “departments and agencies (agencies) shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that official actions, documents, and statements, including those that pertain to the COVID-19 pandemic, do not exhibit or contribute to racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Agencies may consult with public health experts, AAPI community leaders, or AAPI community-serving organizations, or may refer to any best practices issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to ensure an understanding of the needs and challenges faced by AAPI communities.”

In his remarks of the executive order Biden said “Today, I’m directing federal agencies to combat resurgence of xenophobia, particularly against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, that we’ve seen skyrocket during this pandemic. This is unacceptable and it’s un-American. I’ve asked the Department of Justice to strengthen its partnership with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to prevent those hate crimes.”

“I’ve also asked the Department of Health and Human Services to put out best practices for combatting xenophobia in our national response to COVID.

“Look, in the weeks ahead, I’ll be reaffirming the federal government’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and accessibility, building on the work we started in the Obama-Biden administration. That’s why I rescinded the previous administration’s harmful ban on diversity and sensitivity training, and abolished the offensive, counter-factual 1776 Commission. Unity and healing must begin with understanding and truth, not ignorance and lies,” he said.