Tammy Duckworth actually said...

"Public officials must step up and say this is not acceptable, because when you have Members of Congress who say that this is acceptable, then you are just allowing the hate speech to continue."

"I'm so glad that President Biden did what he could to try to reset the tone and to acknowledge that."

"I do see it as a hate crime, and this is part of the issue is that hate crimes against Asian-Americans are severely underrepresented."

"What are you going to do, Mr. President, and all elected officials to protect the Asian-American community?"