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At at time when Trump is fueling racist "Chinese virus" rhetoric + Asian Americans are being spit on and attacked, some House lawmakers want to pass a resolution blaming China for causing a pandemic + calling on China govt to say COVID-19 started there. huffpost.com/entry/house-re…
This resolution does precisely what public health leaders say not to do: associate an infectious disease with a geographic region. The WHO and CDC have warned specifically against doing this because it can lead to a stigma, discrimination + violence directed at groups of people.
“This resolution puts American lives in danger," said Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), who chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. “I would like to say to my Democratic colleagues, ‘Please do not sign on to this resolution.’” huffpost.com/entry/house-re…
This resolution, introduced Tuesday, has about 40 cosponsors.

All are Republican but one: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.). huffpost.com/entry/house-re…
I reached out to Moulton's office to ask if he's worried this resolution could fuel more attacks/hate crimes aimed at Asian Americans. No response.

He did tweet, tho, that "Congress should hold China accountable for its part in this pandemic." huffpost.com/entry/house-re…
.@RepJudyChu told me that, during a Tuesday Dem caucus call, Pelosi said China has “all kinds of personal protective equipment” it is willing to send the US + philanthropists have offered to get planes to fly it over.

But bc of anti-China sentiment in the US, it's not happening.
Anyway, this res isn't likely to get a vote. Dems control the House and they (almost entirely) don't like it.

But the fact that there's support for this right now by ~40 lawmakers seems awfully tone deaf. Here's a list of all the original cosponsors (newer ones not listed yet).
Update: Moulton's spokesman says he is supporting this resolution because "because we need to make clear what China’s government is doing so that we can point out how President Trump is using their playbook." huffpost.com/entry/house-re…
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Lawrence VanDyke got a "not qualified" ABA rating because his own colleagues described him as “arrogant, lazy, an ideologue, and lacking in knowledge of the day-today practice including procedural rules.”

Republicans just made him a lifetime judge anyway. huffpost.com/entry/lawrence…
More than 200 national civil and human rights groups opposed VanDyke. One reason is because of his record of attacking LGBTQ rights.

He claimed in a 2004 Harvard Law Record article that same-sex families hurt children + LGBTQ people are deviant. huffpost.com/entry/lawrence…
Another reason is because of his record of arguing against women’s reproductive rights.

As MT's solicitor general, VanDyke submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban -- and asked the justices to reconsider Roe v. Wade).
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JUST IN: Senate Republicans confirm Sarah Pitlyk to be a lifetime federal judge, despite her extreme views on fertility treatments having “grave effects on society” + her *unanimous* “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association. huffpost.com/entry/sarah-pi…
Pitlyk has claimed that IVF & surrogacy lead to "diminished respect for motherhood and the unique mother-child bond; exploitation of women; commodification of gestation and of children themselves; and weakening of appropriate social mores against eugenic abortion.”
Pitlyk, 42, will be a U.S. district judge for a long time.

Good luck to you if you have a fertility treatment-related case come before her court! huffpost.com/entry/sarah-pi…
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Happening now: The Senate is voting on a procedural step to advance Sarah Pitlyk's nomination to a lifetime seat on a federal court.

She claimed that IVF and surrogacy have “grave effects on society” and lead to “diminished respect for motherhood.” huffpost.com/entry/sarah-pi…
Pitlyk has said IVF/surrogacy lead to "diminished respect for motherhood and the unique mother-child bond; exploitation of women; commodification of gestation and of children themselves; and weakening of appropriate social mores against eugenic abortion.” huffpost.com/entry/sarah-pi…
This is some seriously Handmaid's Tale shit y'all.
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