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Mississippi governor defends his use of phrase 'China virus'

by Associated Press
| September 3, 2020 12:06 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday defended his practice of referring to the new coronavirus as the “China virus."

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