The Hill reports:
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday the coronavirus was a “product of the Chinese Communist party” and suggested without evidence that the potentially fatal virus may have been purposefully created by the Chinese government.
“Did you say China created this virus, did I hear you wrong,” Tapper asked Navarro. “You did not hear me wrong,” Navarro responded.
“That virus was a product of the Chinese Communist party and until we get some information about what happened in those labs or what happened in that wet market we know that virus was spawned in China.”
CNN’s @jaketapper presses White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s claim that China “created” the coronavirus. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/Ou7LMRbS7z
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) June 21, 2020
Peter Navarro was out there today telling Jake Tapper that trump was only joking about slowing down testing, a “tongue in cheek” thing.
Because it’s always *funny* when a “president” jokes about the thing that caused 120,000 deaths in America.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) June 21, 2020
Tapper asks Navarro “yes or no” if Trump sought election help from China. Navarro won’t answer. #CNNSOTU
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) June 21, 2020
Remember when Peter Navarro said coronavirus was “nothing to worry about for the American people” while privately telling Trump 2 million people could die? https://t.co/6Qw7oYutAG
— Swing Left (@swingleft) June 21, 2020
Navarro on Trump claim on slowing down testing on #CNNSOTU:
NAVARRO: “Come on now, that was tongue in cheek… It was a light moment, OK?”
TAPPER: “I’m not sure a deadly pandemic, where almost 120,000 Americans are dead, is really a good subject for a light moment.”
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 21, 2020
Jake Tapper: Bolton’s book says Trump asked China to help him win.
Peter Navarro: Bolton published classified information.
Tapper: But did Trump do it?
Navarro: I hate the title of Bolton’s book.
Tapper: But did Trump do it?
Navarro: Oh come on, Jake.pic.twitter.com/1HU6ekuBS0
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 21, 2020
VIDEO – Navarro: China Created COVID Pandemic, They Hid the Virus and they Sent Chinese Citizens Over To Spread It @jaketapper https://t.co/lKZXrFF6DQ
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) June 21, 2020