'Stop eating bats!': Lindsey Graham calls on China to shut down wet markets

Sen. Lindsey Graham demanded the Chinese government close down its wet markets to stem the spread of diseases that he said likely originate in the stalls’ unusual game and produce.

The South Carolina Republican appeared on Fox News on Friday and said he is sending a letter with Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Chris Coons of Delaware to the World Health Organization and the Chinese government demanding the closure of wet markets. The novel coronavirus is suspected to have originated in a wet market in Wuhan, China.

"How many times do we have to go through this before we change our behavior? It’s just not in China. It’s in southeast Asia. It’s in Africa," Graham said. "We have wet markets where wild, exotic animals are being slaughtered and consu... (Read more)

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