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Pramila Jayapal: “Just recently in a Committee's hearing, some of my colleagues across the aisle continue to call it the China virus. I…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2021
Just recently in a Committee's hearing, some of my colleagues across the aisle continue to call it the China virus. I spoke up. I said that was not correct language, number one, and number two, it incited this kind of hate.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal criticizes colleagues for using harmful terminology that incites hate.

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