Trump says 'Kung Flu' is one of the names for COVID-19 at his rally in Tulsa

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• Trump said that "Kung Flu," a racist term, is "one of "19 or 20" names that people use to describe COVID-19.
• "By the way, it's a disease, without question, has more names than any other in history. I can name, Kung Flu, I can name, 19 different versions of names," Trump said at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
• In March, CBS News White House correspondent Weija Jiang, who is Chinese-American, said that an unnamed White House official had referred to the virus as "the Kung Flu" in front of her. 
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President Donald Trump said that the "Kung Flu," a racist term described as "highly offensive" by White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in March, is "one of "19 or 20" names that people use to describe COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. 

"By the way, it's a disease, without question, has more names than any other in history. I can name, Kung Flu, I can name, 19 different versions of names. Many call it a virus, which it is, many call it a flu, what difference, I think we have 19 or 20 versions of the name," Trump said at a rally in Tulsa. 

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