Donald Trump speaks from White House briefing room (MSNBC/screen grab)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended himself as "not racist" even though he referred to COVID-19 as a "Chinese virus."
At a White House coronavirus task force briefing, Trump was told that Asian Americans have faced harassment after he repeatedly used the phrase "Chinese virus" to reference the novel coronavirus.
"It's racist," a reporter noted.
"It's not racist at all, not at all," Trump replied. "It comes from China. That's why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate."
With that, Trump moved on to the next question.
Watch the video below from MSNBC.
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