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At at time when Trump is fueling racist "Chinese virus" rhetoric + Asian Americans are being spit on and attacked, some House lawmakers want to pass a resolution blaming China for causing a pandemic + calling on China govt to say COVID-19 started there.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-resolution-china-coronavirus-origin-trump-racism_n_5e7a2a80c5b6f5b7c54baf93?uyk …
This resolution does precisely what public health leaders say not to do: associate an infectious disease with a geographic region. The WHO and CDC have warned specifically against doing this because it can lead to a stigma, discrimination + violence directed at groups of people.
“This resolution puts American lives in danger," said Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), who chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. “I would like to say to my Democratic colleagues, ‘Please do not sign on to this resolution.’”https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-resolution-china-coronavirus-origin-trump-racism_n_5e7a2a80c5b6f5b7c54baf93?uyk …
This resolution, introduced Tuesday, has about 40 cosponsors. All are Republican but one: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.).https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-resolution-china-coronavirus-origin-trump-racism_n_5e7a2a80c5b6f5b7c54baf93?uyk …
I reached out to Moulton's office to ask if he's worried this resolution could fuel more attacks/hate crimes aimed at Asian Americans. No response. He did tweet, tho, that "Congress should hold China accountable for its part in this pandemic."https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-resolution-china-coronavirus-origin-trump-racism_n_5e7a2a80c5b6f5b7c54baf93?uyk …
.@RepJudyChu told me that, during a Tuesday Dem caucus call, Pelosi said China has “all kinds of personal protective equipment” it is willing to send the US + philanthropists have offered to get planes to fly it over.
But bc of anti-China sentiment in the US, it's not happening.
Anyway, this res isn't likely to get a vote. Dems control the House and they (almost entirely) don't like it. But the fact that there's support for this right now by ~40 lawmakers seems awfully tone deaf. Here's a list of all the original cosponsors (newer ones not listed yet).pic.twitter.com/SjisE7SEeA
Update: Moulton's spokesman says he is supporting this resolution because "because we need to make clear what China’s government is doing so that we can point out how President Trump is using their playbook."https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-resolution-china-coronavirus-origin-trump-racism_n_5e7a2a80c5b6f5b7c54baf93?s1l …
Trump doesn’t care, using the term ‘Chinese virus’ is not only racist but in his mind deflects blame away from him and on to China.
Of FFS.
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