White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said President Trump did not use a racist phrase by calling the coronavirus “kung flu” during his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

During a press conference on Monday, McEnany defended the president after Trump called the virus “kung flu” during the weekend event. She claimed Trump used the phrase to remind people that the virus originated in China and that the Chinese Communist Party was slow to notify the globe about the pandemic.

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