A group of House Republicans has demanded the Justice Department tackle what the lawmakers call “shocking displays of racial discrimination” in states like New York that encourage hospitals to consider a patient’s race when deciding if they should receive COVID-19 treatments.“Racism is an evil that our country has fought against for generations, and we must stand up for the rights of all Americans to receive equal protection under the law,” Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Darrell Issa of California and 13 others wrote in a Friday letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.“We seek information about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to protect the rights of Americans from discriminatory actions by state governments during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the legislators wrote.
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