US President Joe Biden called on Friday March 19 for a start in the face of violence against Asian Americans, stressing that many of them were now living in "
fear
".
"
Too many Americans of Asian origin worry about their safety and that of their loved ones,
" he said from Atlanta.
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Words are important,
" he hammered, in a barely veiled allusion to his predecessor Donald Trump, accused of having encouraged amalgamations by repeatedly calling the new coronavirus a "
Chinese virus
".