5/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a rash of racist messages, verbal and physical attacks, and other incidents of hate directed against AAPIs [Asian American and Pacific Islander]. Such assaults strike at the heart of our country — all the more so at a time when so many AAPIs are leading on the front lines of this crisis as nurses and doctors, researchers and scientists, delivery drivers and retail workers, and in so many other essential roles.

With a White House devoid of moral authority, and a President who chooses time and again to fan the flames of hate, it is more critical than ever that all Americans stand together strongly against racism and xenophobia.”

-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Asian Pacific American Heritage Month,” medium.com, May 4, 2020