White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said “rhetoric” about the origins of COVID-19 is driving crimes against Asians — in her first briefing since a Chinese-American woman was followed into her Manhattan apartment and stabbed to death.Psaki’s focus on the pandemic’s Chinese origin came as New York and national headlines were still focused on the gruesome Sunday slaying of Christina Yuna Lee, 35, allegedly by homeless man Assamad Nash, 25, in what prosecutors call a “sexually motivated” crime.And it came in response to a reporter who cited a “339-percent” uptick in anti-Asian hate crimes under President Biden’s tenure. In New York City, hate crimes against Asians spiked 343 percent in 2021, according to NYPD statistics.
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