Obama VA in 2015: “Become a Kung Flu Fighter! Get Your Flu Shot!”

by Kristinn Taylor Jun. 24, 2020 1:08 am

Well, this is embarrassing for the media and the Democrats. After being attacked as “racist” for using the jocular term “Kung flu” for the COVID-19 coronavirus, it turns out President Trump is not the first in government to use that term. The Obama administration used the term “Kung flu” in September 2015 for a Veterans Affairs campaign promoting flu shots. The flu shot campaign featured an image of a mask(!) wearing martial arts fighter in action.

The web page at the VA was recently taken down, however it appears in Google Cache.

The VA page contained a link to download the Kung Flu Fighter poster, but it too has been taken down.

The Wayback Machine also saved the page and it saved the poster.

FluFighter_Poster

The President uses the term “Kung Flu” again and says “COVID, COVID-19, COVID, I said what’s the 19. COVID-19, some people can’t explain the 19.” pic.twitter.com/9tD6dC8aGB

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 23, 2020

Kristinn Taylor

Kristinn Taylor has contributed to The Gateway Pundit for over ten years. Mr. Taylor previously wrote for Breitbart, worked for Judicial Watch and was co-leader of the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com. He studied journalism in high school, visited the Newseum and once met David Brinkley.

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