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Ted Lieu: I'm asking you to please stop using racist terms like Kung Flu or Wuhan virus other ethnic identifiers in describing…

On the recordMarch 17, 2021
I'm asking you to please stop using racist terms like Kung Flu or Wuhan virus other ethnic identifiers in describing this virus.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Ted Lieu urges an end to racist terminology related to COVID-19.

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