Trump Calls Coronavirus ‘Kung Flu’ and Questions Case Count
- Virus becomes talking point at first Trump rally since March
- Few attendees seen wearing masks at campaign event in Tulsa
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President Donald Trump called the coronavirus “Kung flu” during a rally in Oklahoma, employing a racist slur while claiming increased diagnostic testing has driven up U.S. case totals.
The outbreak, which has killed at least 119,000 Americans, was a significant talking point at Trump’s first rally in three months in Tulsa’s BOK Center, where attendance badly failed to meet Trump’s promises of a capacity crowd.