Roger Lau, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s longtime campaign manager, spoke out against a new resolution co-signed by Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, referring to it as lazy, hateful and dangerous.

“Asian Americans have been victims of hate crimes that have been incited by ignorance like this,” said Lau in a tweet on Tuesday. “This is a global crisis and we’re all in this together. We’re better than this!”

This is just so wrong. It’s lazy scapegoating, hateful fear mongering, & just flat out dangerous. Asian Americans have been victims of hate crimes that have been incited by ignorance like this. This is a global crisis & we’re all in this together. We’re better than this! https://t.co/2oqJpk8LF3 — Roger Lau (@RogerLau) March 24, 2020

The resolution argues that the Chinese government encouraged the "spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of the virus, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists and malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities.”

Moulton is the only Democrat who signed the bill.

“Seth signed onto this bill because we need to make clear what China’s government is doing so that we can point out how President [Donald J.] Trump is using their playbook,” said a spokesperson for Moulton. “While his test kits were failing, the President and his son were peddling lies about the virus’s origins on Fox News in the same way China’s government was saying the U.S. defense department caused the pandemic to their domestic audience.”

Taking to Twitter, Moulton pointed out the xenophobic comments President Donald Trump has shown during the COVID-19 pandemic but feels the bill is a way to hold the Chinese accountable for the mistakes they have made.

Trump in the first two minutes of his White House press conference on Sunday used the term “Chinese virus” to describe COVID-19, even after many Asian Americans have asked him to stop for fear of retribution.

The term has been criticized as racist and one of the causes behind a recent rash of violence towards Asian Americans across the U.S.

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“It is important to point out what authoritarian regimes are doing so that when our president uses the same playbook at home we can hold him to account,” said Moulton’s spokesperson.

The resolution was introduced by Republican Rep. Jim Banks. Moulton is the only Democrat to co-sign the bill with Republican Reps. Kevin Hern., Austin Scott, Trent Kelly, Brian Babin, Barry Loudermilk, Adam Kinzinger, Greg Steube, Larry Bucshon, Mike Rogers, Dan Crenshaw, Mike Gallagher, Kelly Armstrong, Guy Reschenthaler, Rep. Michael Waltz and Jason Smith.

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