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Biden calls violence against Asian Americans ‘very troublesome’
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday said violence against Asian Americans is “very troublesome” and spoke of the concern in the Asian American community after a mass shooting in Atlanta.
“I know that Asian Americans are very concerned because, as you know, I’ve been speaking about the brutality against Asian-Americans for the last couple of months,” he said. “I think that it is very, very troublesome.”
Biden stressed that motivation in the slayings had yet “to be determined.”
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