Ted Lieu actually said...

"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..."

"I'm asking you to please stop using racist terms like Kung Flu or Wuhan virus other ethnic identifiers in describing this virus."

"Asian Americans have now experienced a surge in hate crimes, hate incidents, and discrimination since the start of the pandemic."