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On the recordMarch 17, 2021
Definitely. We know that hate crimes against Asian-Americans have increased about 150 percent in most cities. And you know, I have friends who tell me stories of standing in line at the grocery store and having people say, you know, you're responsible for this. I have friends who work in healthcare, and they've told me stories of patients not wanting them to touch them because they're afraid to get COVID. And so as I said, on the House floor yesterday, Anderson, words matter, leadership matters and we have to stop using this rhetoric that tragically, I believe, ended in death in Atlanta.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Strickland discusses the rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans and the impact of harmful rhetoric on the community.

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