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Asian-American leaders and advocates called on politicians and government officials Wednesday to stop anti-Asian rhetoric and scapegoating in the lead-up to the increasingly polarised US midterm elections on November 8.
“Politicians must be careful with what they say,” said Representative Grace Meng, Democrat of New York. “We ask this of politicians from all political parties.”
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