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Ted Lieu: 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…

On the recordMarch 18, 2021
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 identifiers describing this virus. I am not a virus. And when you say things like that, it hurts Asian-American community.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Lieu urges for the cessation of racist terminology associated with the pandemic.

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