Texas Senator John Cornyn. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez
On Wednesday, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) attacked China, essentially arguing that the entire country is a vector of new diseases because its citizens are uncivilized:
In fact, it is still unclear exactly what the origin of COVID-19 is, MERS and swine flu did not originate in China, and it is hard to argue that swine flu is a result of foreign culinary practices since Western countries readily consume pork. So virtually everything Cornyn said was wrong, as well as bigoted.
Commenters on social media erupted with outrage at Cornyn's rant:
