During the pandemic, anti-vaccine rhetoric has become increasingly routine at Orange County Board of Supervisors meetings. But one man crossed a new line when he addressed board chairman Andrew Do, who is Vietnamese American, with racist comments.
At an Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting last month, some speakers called the coronavirus vaccine a “bioweapon.”
During the pandemic, such rhetoric has become increasingly routine at board meetings in a county where anti-vaccine, anti-mask activists are a strident voice.But at this meeting on July 27, a man in a gray beanie and dark sunglasses crossed a new line when he addressed Do, who is Vietnamese American.
Video footage of the man’s racist comments went viral, dismaying county officials increasingly at a loss for how to combat the vitriol and threats of violence hurled during public meetings.rise in anti-Asian attacks during the pandemic The ratcheting up of incivility and racism comes at a time when pandemic fatigue is worsening and concerns about the Delta variant have prompted businesses and public officials to reconsider protocols like mask wearing and proof of vaccination.Their efforts to keep the public safe are under attack by a small but vocal group that disrupts the supervisors’ Tuesday morning meetings, American flags in hand, sporting Trump T-shirts and hats — and, of course, no masks.
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