Politicizing COVID-19 comes back to haunt the U.S.   

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"China was not forthcoming… that's why we weren't getting all the information, that you had a CDC kit testing not go out right," U.S.  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said during an interview with Fox News.

It's old news for the U.S. to blame China for America's problems.

For some time, many in the U.S. have relished the opportunity to politicize COVID-19. The Washington Post accused China of carrying out political retribution by using the epidemic as cover. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross saw the disease as an opportunity to "accelerate the return of jobs to North America." His colleague, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, used a diplomatic trip in late January to brand China as the "central threat of our times," just as the country was mobilizing to contain the outbreak.

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