'COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,' Kennedy said at a recent dinner in New York City.
,"Millions and millions of people died from COVID-19 worldwide, including Americans who were Jewish or of Chinese descent."
Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey called Kennedy"a disgrace to the Kennedy name and the Democratic Party" in a "For the record, my whole family, who is Jewish, got Covid," Gottheimer wrote."Speaker McCarthy and Jim Jordan should disinvite this antisemite from testifying before Congress and spewing his misinformation and hate."
"The claim that COVID-19 was a bioweapon created by the Chinese or Jews to attack Caucasians and Black people is deeply offensive and feeds into sinophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theories about COVID-19 that we have seen evolve over the last three years," a spokesperson for the organization said Sunday in an email.
"Dangerous rhetoric rooted in misinformation and bigotry must not be normalized. As the 2024 election cycle ramps up, Asian American communities are rightfully concerned politicians will continue to double down on anti-Asian rhetoric to rile up their base," Kulkarni told CBS News in a statement."Our research shows that when political figures use anti-Asian rhetoric, it inspires acts of racism and discrimination against Asian people in the U.S.
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