Trump says people need to 'stop politicizing' COVID-19 moments before blaming China for the pandemic once again

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• President Donald Trump on Monday continued to blame the coronavirus pandemic on China while also urging people to "stop politicizing" the virus.
• "We must stop politicizing the virus and instead be united in our condemnation of how this virus came to America, how this virus came to the world," Trump said.
• Trump has sought to deflect from his own failures in responding to the pandemic by blaming Beijing.
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President Donald Trump on Monday urged people to "stop politicizing" COVID-19 moments before once again blaming the pandemic on China, amid a press conference in which he repeatedly said "China virus."

"We must stop politicizing the virus and instead be united in our condemnation of how this virus came to America, how this virus came to the world, and we are going to figure it out, and we are going to find out, and we are very angry about it," Trump said during Monday's press briefing.

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