【美国新闻速递】华盛顿特区讯
一向拒绝口罩的美国总统特朗普本周一突然改口,他高调发推表示“有人说戴口罩是爱国的,没人比我更爱国!”
特朗普在推特上表示,“很多人说,当你无法保持社交距离时,戴口罩是爱国行为。没有人比我更爱国,你们最喜欢的总统!”
We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President! pic.twitter.com/iQOd1whktN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2020
特朗普在推文中再次使用“中国病毒”的字眼也引起抗议,华裔医生Eugene Gu 立刻留言抗议“请停止将新冠病毒称为中国病毒,并鼓励白人至上主义者在街上殴打我的亚裔兄弟姐妹,同时在他们的日常生活中不人道地欺负他们。为了政治影响像这样背叛我们不合情理,我们都是人类!”
Stop calling COVID-19 the China Virus and encouraging white supremacists to beat my Asian American brothers and sisters on the streets and to inhumanely bully them in their daily lives. Scapegoating us like this for political clout is beyond unconscionable. We are human beings.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) July 20, 2020
自今年3月新冠疫情爆发以来,特朗普从不愿公开戴口罩。6月下旬以来,美国两党许多政要敦促特朗普应以身作则,向民众展示戴口罩对防止新冠病毒传播的重要性。
直到本月11日特朗普在参观马里兰州的国家军事医疗中心时,首次公开戴上了口罩。
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