Biden Signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill Into Law

Biden Signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill Into Law
President Joe Biden signs the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, on May 20, 2021. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that passed with overwhelmingly support from Congress due to concerns that Asian Americans are allegedly facing increased discrimination and hate after the Chinese Communist Party negligently covered up its second SARS epidemic, this time in Wuhan, leading to the deadly COVID-19 global pandemic.

“Silence is complicity and we cannot be complicit. We have to speak out. We have to act,” Biden told lawmakers. “That’s what you’ve done. And I can’t thank you enough. I’m proud today.”