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Many Ohio Asian Americans feeling let down by Lt. Gov. Jon Husted: Capitol Letter
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Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, speaking during a state briefing on April 24, 2020. (Office of Gov. Mike DeWine)
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Dismayed and disappointed: Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s recent tweet that referred to the “Wuhan virus” and his ensuing defense of his use of the term has left many Asian Americans in Ohio feeling dismayed and disappointed in their leadership. Seth Richardson talked to a number of them who “didn’t feel his explanation – that he was attempting to criticize the Chinese government – sufficiently explained why he felt the need to use a term that many feel is, at the very least, unhelpful or, at worst, could lead to targeting people of Asian descent for violence,” Richardson writes.
Husted says the words were aimed at the Chinese government’s failure to come clean on what it knows on the origins of COVID-19, and were not aimed at those of Chinese or Asian descent. He added in lengthy public comments Thursday that no harm was meant, that he has many Asian American friends and that the word Wuhan is “inseparable” from the back story of the pandemic referring to a city, not an ethnicity.
Wrong response.
Husted knows that using weaponized expressions like “China virus,” “Wuhan virus” and “Kung flu” is wrong. That it is dangerous. That it is something for which he should apologize.
Even though he’s a Republican, the GOP-controlled state Legislature is very tired of Gov. Mike DeWine’s health orders and states of emergency from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite last-ditch efforts by DeWine to strike a compromise, the General Assembly last week overrode his veto of a bill giving authority to limit public health orders.
The Senate voted 23-10 to overturn it. That was quickly followed by a 62-35 vote in the House.
Only two Republican senators joined all Democrats in rejecting the veto override, while only one Republican voted with all Democrats in the House not to overturn it.
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