The panel assembled to confront the drastic spike in discrimination and violence against Asian Americans in the past year. -- here's Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) glorifying lynchings during hearing on violence against Asian-Americans pic.twitter.com/uy5irfmJCo — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 18, 2021He then went on a rant about the Chinese Communist Party. “I think the Chinese Communist Party, running the country of China, I think they’re the bad guys,” he said. “The topic [of today’s hearing] is ‘Discrimination and Violence Against Asian Americans,’” she said. The venue last addressed discrimination and violence against Asian Americans in 1987.

Source: Huffington Post March 18, 2021 18:10 UTC