Over 30% of Americans have witnessed someone blaming Asian people for the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey says.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a memo directing campaigns this month to blame China when asked about failures in the Trump administration's response to the pandemic."Don't defend Trump, other than the China Travel Ban — attack China," says the memo, firstPresident Donald Trump and other Republican politicians have repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the"Chinese virus.
Jeung said that it was fair game to criticize foreign governments for their responses to the pandemic but that Americans should also look to the failures of their own government. Politicians have a responsibility to denounce hate and racism, he said. Community spread within the U.S. dwarfs the risk of exposure from outside travel. But the Ipsos/Center for Public Integrity poll results suggest that a minority of people see Asian Americans as disease risks.
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