Ted Lieu actually said...

"We are not perfect, but we are moving towards that more perfect union."

"There has actually been a long history of discrimination against Asian-Americans. In the past when America felt threatened, sometimes you would have discrimination gets at the groups."

"I just call on my Republican legislators to please stop using ethnic identifiers in describing a virus. I am not a virus, so stop using these ethnic identifiers because you`re harming the Asian-Americ..."

"You can say whatever you want on the First Amendment. You can say racist stupid stuff if you want. But I’m asking you to please stop using racist terms like Kung Flu, Wuhan virus, or other ethnic iden..."