This has been proposed for a while, but now that the Speaker is using it… time to do some re-branding.

x One of the reasons we are so far behind in our response to the #TrumpVirus? We donÃ¢ÂÂt have the equipment we need to test, process results, and protect our frontline workers. The President must make full use of the Defense Production Act immediately. #SitRoom pic.twitter.com/L2tBKjJlBD— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 22, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) repeatedly dubbed the coronavirus the “Trump Virus” on Tuesday as she slammed President Donald Trump’s disastrous handling of the pandemic.

“It is a pandemic that has gotten worse before it will get better because of his inaction,” she continued. “And in fact, clearly, it is the Trump virus.”

Blitzer asked Pelosi what she meant with the turn of phrase.

“The Trump virus. If he had said months ago, ‘let’s wear masks, let’s socially distance instead of having rallies’ and political whatever they were, then more people would have followed his lead,” Pelosi replied. “He’s the president of the United States.” www.huffpost.com/…

x The House speaker repeated a Trump-themed term to describe the virus in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. https://t.co/iEY7Rsibg8— HuffPost (@HuffPost) July 22, 2020

x Remember, Trump isn't advocating masks because he's finally listening to science. He's doing it because his poll numbers tanked.

— Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) July 22, 2020