House Republican melts down because he canࢀ™t call COVID-19 the ࢀ˜China virusࢀ™ without being called a racist

A Republican congressman on Thursday had a meltdown on the House floor because he canࢀ™t refer to COVID-19 as the ࢀœChina virusࢀ without facing accusations of racism. During a three-minute tirade, Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) complained that it was ࢀœdivisiveࢀ to call him racist for renaming the novel coronavirus the ࢀœChina virus.ࢀ ADVERTISEMENT ࢀœThis is opportunism like Iࢀ™ve never seen before!ࢀ he thundered. ࢀœThat you canࢀ™t refer to a virus by its place of origin?! Weࢀ™ve been doing that from time immemorial. And now we canࢀ™t call it the Chinese virus?! Somehow thatࢀ™s offensive?! This is about dividing our country!…