Boston S New Mayor Michelle Wu Bombarded With Racist Messages Over Vaccine Mandate
Wu, who was elected the city’s first female and first Asian American mayor last month, told Boston Public Radio this week of the “constant calls associating me with the same hateful, racist, xenophobic language that the former president used in describing the virus and its origins and who was to blame.” Donald Trump’s rhetoric, which included referring to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus” and other similar terms, has been linked to a rise in anti-Asian attacks during the pandemic....