Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times, April 13, 2020

Corona, Queens is the most heavily COVID-impacted zip code in America. I can tell you 1st hand that many ppl are too scared to go to the hospital & continue to work bc of Trump’s xenophobic COVID response. In that uncertainty, street vendors are stepping up and saving lives ⬇️ https://t.co/nYkjhwXcPI — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 11, 2020

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed in a series of tweets that some people are “too scared” to go to the hospital or continue doing their jobs because of President Trump’s “xenophobic” response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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How is Trump’s response xenophobic?

– Targets Asian community in his rhetoric & TV ads, incl ads depicting Asian Americans as Chinese officials

– Late, little, or no translation of public health mandates into multiple languages

– Booting ITIN immigrant taxpayers from CARES relief — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 11, 2020



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“COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities,” she tweeted April 3. “Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions. Inequality is a comorbidity. COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations.”