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“GEORGIA SHOOTINGS” mentioning Charles E. Schumer was published in the Senate section on pages S1577-S1578 on March 17.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
GEORGIA SHOOTINGS
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now let me proceed to my remarks.
First, on the terrible tragedy in Georgia, the people of Atlanta, GA, and the surrounding communities were just shocked last night by a series of shootings that left eight people dead, six of whom were of Asian descent.
The motivations behind this devastating tragedy are still unknown, but there is a legitimate concern that these killings may have been racially motivated. Over the past year, the Asian-American community has faced a rising tide of abuse and violence in the wake of COVID-19, driven by ignorance, by misinformation, and by age-old prejudices against the Asian-American community. Tragically, hate crimes against Asian Americans have skyrocketed.
There is bigotry in the land and far too much of it. These dark forces have always existed in America, but, recently, they seem to have been unleashed. The sort of superego that puts these things down seems to have weakened, and the id seems to have strengthened.
We cannot lose for a moment our vigilance against these forces of hate, intolerance, bigotry, and discrimination.
I love the Asian American community. They have done so much for America. I see it in my borough of Brooklyn, in my city and State of New York, and throughout the country--hard-working people, people who do so much for our country at every level. They are welcome here. That is America. Yet, bigots have increased hate crimes and maybe even possibly led to the deaths of these people.
So I hope that all Americans first will realize that there is too much hate in the land, that hate against one group is hate against any group, and we should all, Americans of every background and race and creed, color, and religion, gender, and sexual orientation, band together against the haters. It is so un-American.
E pluribus unum--out of many, one. That is what America has always been. That is what America must continue to be, and our voices must speak out.
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