Governor Husted, your choice of words has only raised the anxiety and fear that Asians and Asian Americans in Upper Arlington are currently experiencing," the letter obtained by the local NBC affiliate read.
โOur children are the classmates, friends, and neighbors of your children.โAdThe letter to the lieutenant governor was signed by nearly 70 members and families of the Asian community in Upper Arlington, a suburb of Columbus.
โSo it appears it was the Wuhan Virus after all?โ Husted tweeted Friday from his personal account.
The shock was still fresh when a man was caught on surveillance video Monday in New York City kicking an Asian American woman and stomping on her face while, police say, he shouted anti-Asian slurs.
โWe called it the Wuhan virus because thatโs where it came from,โ Johnson said.