Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., pointed to former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric around the virus, which he repeatedly called “the Chinese virus” or described using a racist slur, as spurring some of the violence.
“The former president showed that words can kill and his already have,” Lieu said, referring to Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 deadly attack on the Capitol.
Chu said CAPAC plans to call on the FBI for more followup on that effort once an attorney general is confirmed . She pointed to 14 Republicans who voted to support a resolution from Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., last Congress condemning violence against AAPI communities, and said she hoped that bipartisan support would carry over to a new hate crime law.
Trump’s history on the subject could be a sore spot in finding Republican support for the measure. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., withdrew his support from the Meng resolution last year, saying on the House floor he felt it was no longer a “good faith effort to protect Asian Americans.”
“I am more than saddened to see that this resolution and today’s debate is being used for nothing more than to malign and vilify the president of the United States,” Posey said at the time.
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