‘China’s to Blame’ Regardless of How COVID-19 Came About, Senator Says

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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) speaks during a hearing in Washington on April 26, 2022. Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images

The blame is on the Chinese regime no matter how COVID-19 arose, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on June 18.

“Whether it was from a wet market, or the Wuhan lab, China’s to blame. Both those things were in China,” he said at a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing that was examining evidence on the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.