Biden condemns violence against Asian Americans in first national address: ‘It must stop’

President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned a spate of “vicious hate crimes” against Asian Americans in the country, which he labelled as un-American, in his first prime-time address since assuming office.

"At this very moment, so many of them, our fellow Americans, are on the frontlines of this pandemic trying to save lives," the president said referring to Asian-American frontline workers. "And still, still they are forced to live in fear for their lives just walking down streets in America,” he said.

He acknowledged “Asian Americans who’ve been attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated,” in his address marking a year since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic by WHO.

“It’s wrong, it’s un-American and it must stop," he said.