Guest Host Talks Some Sense into 'The View' Ladies Upset About Trump's 'Chinese' Virus Term

Even amid a national crisis, “The View” can’t see straight.

With ringmaster Whoopi Goldberg participating by remote hookup, thanks to concern about the coronavirus, the co-hosts took on the pandemic on Wednesday, using the top of the show to address the vital question of whether President Donald Trump is stoking racial tensions by using the words “Chinese virus” to discuss the disease that’s upended American daily life.

But it took guest Dan Abrams, ABC’s chief legal analyst, to set the ladies straight: Americans faced with a real crisis, he said, won’t have time or patience for liberal quibbles.

The discussion started with Goldberg, naturally, attacking Trump for his nomenclature.

“You-know-who can’t even figure out what is going on or what to call the pandemic,” she said. “Watch the clip.”

“The View” then played the clip, which showed that Trump knew exactly what to call the pandemic at a news conference: He identified it by its place of origin, or “Chinese virus.”

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