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Read Article A Maine state representative from Chelsea is under fire for using a racist term for COVID-19 and downplaying the disease’s seriousness in an email to an Asian-American resident. Republican Rep. Michael Lemelin, who represents the Augusta-area towns of Chelsea, Jefferson, Nobleboro and Whitefield, called COVID-19 the “China virus” in an email to a Windham resident concerned about his signature on a letter calling on state officials to ease restrictions on full-time school. House Speaker Ryan Fecteau last week called Lemelin’s use of “China virus” “a racist trope” that was “offensive and wrong,” but said it wasn’t his responsibility to discipline Lemelin.

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