Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Tweet Helped Fuel Anti-Asian Hate On Twitter, Study Finds

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A tweet by former President Donald Trump referring to Covid-19 as the “Chinese Virus” was linked with a rise in anti-Asian content on Twitter

, new research has found, as demands across the U.S. grow for urgent action to be taken to address soaring levels of hate crime and violence against Asian Americans during the pandemic that many blame on harmful rhetoric used by politicians....

Trump’s March 16 tweet, which has since been removed from the platform, read: “The United States will be powerfully, supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!” In users adopting the #chinesevirus hashtag, half did so alongside anti-Asian hashtags, compared with around 20% of those who used #covid19 to refer to the disease.using racial terms to describe a disease “can result in the perpetuation” of stigma and that the increase in anti-Asian terms on Twitter following Trump’s tweet “may be a “proxy of growth in anti-Asian sentiment.

 

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gtconway3d Trump is still calling the virus that. He knows better.

It’s the Chinavirus because it came from fucking China...I’ll always refer to it as such

就是这个胡来的人干的好事:50万美国人死、挑起对美国华人的仇恨牵连其他亚裔面孔、挑唆脑残川粉冲击国会差点引发一场内战。👎👎👎

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Meanwhile crime rates show Asians are often targeted by non-whites and you know there was tons of censorship but yes let’s blame Orange Hitler for Biden’s mess ups.

I seem to remember there was a spanish flu but spaniards weren’t attacked, you trying to incite more troubles

gtconway3d The key word was “tweet”. Thank god he’s done with that.

Linked by idiots

gtconway3d The RACIST bum is the person who started it all!

BS Typical liberal lies. So shameful of the lies

What's wrong in calling it that the virus did originate there or rather it was created there in a military lab.

Trump was seen offering fast food to athletes. We can thus assume that he is responsible for childhood obesity in the USA.

Trump was once seen on an airplane. He is thus responsible for instigating the whole climate change problem.

No it wasn’t but whatever

Good gosh Forbes, grow up. Stop with your fake news. Stick to financials.

Somebody needs 'the world's best counseling'

What's wrong with his temper ?

UK variants seems okay.

This is a total lie, it has to be I have Asian friends . I know many Asian people . Never seen anything like this before it was just one guy who had a problem; why should the rest of the world take the blame?

These kind of articles promote victim hood. This is trumps fault as much as it’s YOUR fault forbes.

He was right. Covid-19 is a Chinese virus. You guys were so quick to call some variant a South African variant but when Trump said covid 19 is chinese virus you said it was racist. Hypocrites

Kris_Sacrebleu EVERYTHING about this 'man' is abhorrent.

the corona Virus pandemic still very much exists Donald J trump let's see the changing faces game playing moods about one individual in his hometown brokendown west palm beach as passerbys pick up on his vile hatezpeech unsure donald

I know you love the clickbait but stop putting this fat bastard on the news when he hasn't done anything new.

graceboyer267 Remember these are the same people that swear Maxine Waters never said anything hateful even though it's all over on video.

gtconway3d Absolutely. Everything he says and does is a disaster

ofc it was linked to Trump, every kind of bullshit is linked to him ....

gtconway3d Of course it is...

He doesn’t care. Never has, never will.

We know. Repeating the inflammatory phrases in the headlines is NOT helpful, it perpetuates it.

Sadly, my so-called rep, RepStefanik, has played a key role in fueling Trump's racist labeling. Not only did she herself tweet using racist labeling, but twice she and fellow seditionist, HawleyMO, introduced sensationalist legislation about the virus and China.

I stopped eating Chinese food because of the China virus not because of Trump but because of the virus that literally came from China.

do you think it's helpful to keep airing the Twice Impeached One's racist bs? It's not helpful. Please stop. 81,000,000+ are sick & tired of hearing his b.s. & lies & deflections & racist rhetoric.

UROCKlive1 His rhetoric about the 'china virus' was a clarion call to his angry, violent haters to TARGET Asian-Americans as responsible for the Covid shut downs, economic loss, sickness even though NONE of those people came from China. I'm seriously worried this will escalate.

Just one of many comments that has lead violence 😞😞😞

No matter where the virus came from, it’s no excuse to attack Asian Americans.

gtconway3d Of course it was. Remember the infamous close up of one of his speeches and he’d used his sharpie to write ‘China Virus’? Whatever it took to take any and all attention away from Putin...

There’s not over 500,000 dead due to China. That’s ALL TheTrumpVirus it’s OUR country with that high of a death toll. It’s OUR ex leader who failed to protect us.

That is so far from the truth. Don’t let social media platforms and the news media take things out of context. We have to be accountable for our own actions and how we read and reiterate things. He said it was a “Chinese Virus” because it is. It came from China, literally!

gtconway3d Trump’s stain on America will be talked about in classrooms for the next century! At a minimum!

UROCKlive1 Under the .WHO guidelines it prohibits naming any VIRUSES based on the region where it was discovered to prevent this type violence from happening in the first place StopAsianHateCrimes StopAAPIHate

Liars

gtconway3d It’s the trump virus 😼

Just imagine how awful things would have been after 9/11 if Trump and not Bush were president then. Bush tried really hard to avert racist acts and while he could have been better, it is hard to believe Trump would have done anything positive

MSMedia has no issue calling it UK AFRICAN BRAZILIAN strain / virus.

It's not political to read the back of your Tshirt. If it is made in China. It's Chinese. Don't have to be a pro or anti trump to digest it.noracism

The depth of trump depravity is endless. By not prosecuting him for crimes against humanity, we are letting a hitler run free.

gtconway3d Of course it was. All those sick people that were following him, and I don’t just mean Twitter.

Is it really this easy to be a writer for Forbes? Or an editor? I can’t believe writing this stuff is an actual job

Evil conspirators and false narrative of truth. Forbes is evil

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Kris_Sacrebleu Not just a tweet or two. It was also many similarly racist comments at his stupid MAGA rallies.

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 And we ALL know how fair, truthful and unbiased Twitter is, don’t we? 🤣😂 Honestly, I didn’t realize forbes was this stupid too.

Kris_Sacrebleu JohnCornyn went right along with Trump with his racist statements.

Kris_Sacrebleu The man is nothing but hate

Kris_Sacrebleu

Kris_Sacrebleu Stop talking about that racist. Stop giving him air time. We know what he called it. Like a bully name calls. Stop giving him a platform.

Kris_Sacrebleu All I want to hear is this. 'Lock Him Up! Lock Him Up! Lock Him Up!' Don't wake me till this happens. Thanks so much.

I’ll always call it Chinese virus ! Do whatever the fk you want.

They have to talk about trump for retweets

I litterally don’t know who to love or who to hate until I read my daily dose of tweets. If tweets dictate our moral fiber, we all F’d and have marshmellows for brains and garbage cans for hearts.

Is it ok to call it UK variant? Or Brazilian variant?

Why does Twitter lack a hate button? I'm supposed to be better than this but I've still got my honesty.

gtconway3d thought that immediately

gtconway3d The former dude is a virus; a very undesirable pathogen. Don't worry, it won't be long before we have turd immunity.

gtconway3d 🌚🪞🥱

Did the Spanish flu link with a rise in anti hispanic rhetoric?

Yup just another one of his heartless, dangerous moves. Hope the law gets him in NY or GA or DC!

Joe Biden tripped 3 times on Airforce I. The cause & cost of that is his new slippery shoes 👞 called Putin. He should instead use old pair called Trump at risk of fashion police. Obama will ground & rubberize all his future shoes & teach him some few Harlem Jumping Walks.

gtconway3d What’s their point?

Whoever wrote this is an absolute moron whose idea of a link is flawed by definition. How do these people get paid to write? You’d think even the most trash journo would know the difference between correlation and causation but you’d think wrong.

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I am Asian and have no problem with the term Chinese virus. The virus does come from China.

Interesting stretch. Maybe Forbes should hire a real journalist

gtconway3d I would say it’s the Trump virus

gtconway3d Hate brings hate......unforgivable ☹️

It did come from China so....

gtconway3d Well of course...he is full of hate!

gtconway3d TrumpFlu

Look, I think DT is generally a nightmare of a person but don’t we need to start holding each other accountable for thinking for ourselves? It’s time for Americans to take the reigns of our own freedom and quit blaming others for our own behavior

gtconway3d I'm so pleased that I no longer have to look at that snot-face or listen to his verbal diarrhea every day any more... happily ignoring this video of trump.

gtconway3d Duh

gtconway3d Duh

Just total bullshit

gtconway3d Counter that nonsense by referring to the ongoing pandemic as 'COVID-19/TRUMP-20'.

Since the election, 80% of the people that attacked Asians were registered Democrats. Are you saying that Democrats 'follow the Trump narrative' about the 'China Virus'? You've become a gossip magazine with no credibility. Gone are the the days when you were respected FakeNews

Absolute crap. The overwhelming majority of violence towards Asian people comes from black Americans. These people, though violent, are not cretins They aren’t doing it because they saw a tweet.

Has everybody forgotten about pearl harbour 🤔

gtconway3d Twitter TwitterSupport

gtconway3d Biggest asshole America has ever produced

All bad things are Trump’s fault all good things are Biden’s.

ScotchCam The sky is blue, the water is wet.

--Its mostly black people committing crimes against Asians.. --Two black teens set an disabled man on fire and killed him, and main medias say nothing, or the race. --Notice how the so called bigoted people arent cancelling anyone? --Libs are exploiting blacks and Asians.

gtconway3d This was and is the incitement of violence against Asian Americans. The same as the incitement of the insurrection of Jan 6. He is the cause of all the hate crimes in the last 4 years. And now the reason Repubs are refusing vaccines. He is the American SATAN.

gtconway3d Cult45Virus

gtconway3d You really couldn't hire an actual human to narrate this?

Fake news

That’s such bullshit. It is the individual who has hate and prejudice already in their hearts and minds. If I said shit was made from spinach would you eat it? What a stupid article to even print. Shame on you Forbes!!!!

Ignorant and racist. Of all things, he believed his bigotry was divine. Thankful he is out of the public eye. A toxic individual.

gtconway3d Of course it was!!!! Another terrible thing he is responsible for!!!!!

Worst President ever!!!!

Is anyone surprised that the damage caused by Trump when he was RacistInChief continues while he is a mere CitizenRacist?

gtconway3d So glad he is off Twitter

gtconway3d Proof sucks don’t it.

Don’t want to see him, don’t want to hear him....anyone with a brain knows what he did.

Trump incited hatred. When will he be held accountable?

but the virus came from china so it is a chinese virus, whats wrong with it?

gtconway3d Guess whose name is back in your mouth again 🤣 Use some mouthwash at least ! Even though we all would prefer if you swallowed

🤣

Ya I know. Stop it already.

pos

Is it possible to find a good guy on Twitter?

Enough

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