Supposedly doing the work of the American taxpayers as a PBS correspondent, Yamiche Alcindor used Friday’s White House Coronavirus Task Force daily briefing to try and cancel U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams for urging racial minorities to, along with following CDC coronavirus guidelines, avoid the use of alcohol and drugs for the well-being of “your abuela,” “granddaddy,” “big mama,” and “pop-pop.”

Adams spoke at the start of the briefing on the disturbing reality of the pandemic disproportionately affecting minorities. Here was part of what Adams (an African-American himself) said (click “expand”):

[W]e are actively working as the Vice President and the CDC Director laid out today, data collection, targeted to reaching communities of color, and increasing financial, employment, housing and social supports so everybody has an equal chance to be healthy. And I want close by saying that while your state and local health departments and those of us in public service are working day and night to help stop the spread of covid-19 and protect you regardless of your color, creed or geography, I need you to know you are not helpless, and it's even more important that in communities of color, we adhere to the task force guidelines to slow the spread. Stay at home if possible. If you must go out, maintain six feet of distance between you and everyone else and wear a mask if you are going to be within six feet of others. Wash your hands more often than you ever dreamed possible. Avoid alcohol, tobacco, and drugs and call your friends and family, check in on your mother, she wants to hear from you right now and speaking of mothers, we need you to do this, if not for yourself, then for your abuela, do it for your grand-daddy, do it for your big momma, do it for your pop-pop. We need you to understand, especially in communities of color, to stop the spread and protect those who are most vulnerable. This epidemic is a tragedy but it will be all the more tragic if we fail to recognize and address disproportionate pact of covid-19 and other array of diseases and risk factors on communities of color. The task force and the administration are determined to not let that happen. The President, the Vice President has said we will not let that happen. We can't fix these issues overnight, but I promise you we will work with your communities to quickly and meaningfully move the needle in the right direction. Nothing less than the fate of our families and friends, my family and friends, depends on it.

So, after Alcindor wanted to know from Trump about why there was not a specific plan at the onset for people of color, she asked Adams with a separate question.

Instead of asking him a real question, the far-left activist reporter decided to take aim not at the virus or keeping Americans safe, but how Adams’s choice of words had supposedly triggered a social media firestorm:

You said that African-Americans and Latinos should avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. You also said do it for abuela, do it for big mama and pop-pop. There are some people already --- there are some people online that are already offended by that language and the idea that you’re saying behaviors might be leading to these high death rates. Could you talk about whether or not people --- could you --- I guess, have a response for people who might be offended by the language that you used?

Adams chose to engage and stated without hesitation that not only was it the kind of “language” he’s used when meeting with minority groups like the NAACP, but also “the language that is used in my family.”

He added “that was not meant to be offensive” and instead purposefully so as to reach minority communities where they are.

Instead of moving on, Alcindor kept going, but Adams wouldn’t budge (click “expand”):

ADAMS: [W]e need to continue to target our outreach to those communities….[W]hen I talked to the NAACP three weeks ago, it’s important to note that one of the things they asked me was can you help dispel the myth in this community that people can't get coronavirus if they’re black. That was a myth that was out there that was actually very important for us to squash here. ALCINDOR: So, you recommend that all Americans avoid alcohol, tobacco, and drug use at this time? ADAMS: Absolutely an especially important for people who are at risk and with comorbidities but yes, all Americans. So, thank you, I will clarify that. All Americans need to avoid these substances at all times. I put out a smoking cessation report in January. I put out an advisory against use and pregnant women using marijuana last year and that was not directed toward any one race. That’s everybody needs to do everything they can to be as healthy as possible at this critical time.

Both Adams and Trump then invited Dr. Tony Fauci to the podium to offer support and he insisted that his pep talk was done “beautifully.”

Fauci also swatted down Alcindor’s nonsense: “I can’t do it any better than that and I --- I know Jerome personally and I can just testify that he made no --- not even a hint of being offensive at all with that comment. I don't think that was inappropriate.”

To see the relevant transcript from April 10’s briefing, click “expand.”