Some lawmakers and advocates are concerned anti-China rhetoric on the campaign trail will be weaponized against Asian Americans.
Rep. Grace Meng , CAPAC's vice chair, who'sto take down his ad, told Axios that some of the rhetoric campaigns are using this year "borders on fearmongering."
She said it's important to acknowledge "challenges in the U.S.-China relationship" but when rhetoric puts a "target on our backs ... Asians in the United States end up paying the price: We are scapegoated simply because of our skin."that the "recent rise in violence against Asian Americans is unacceptable."
He emphasized that his ad sounds "the alarm on China's Communist government, which has subsidized major industries and manipulated their currency to displace workers here in Ohio."