Biden condemns Atlanta shootings as anti-Asian hate crime

The US president links rise in attacks on Asians to fears stoked by the coronavirus pandemic.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday called for an end to anti-Asian violence in the United States after meeting with Asian-American community leaders in Atlanta following spa shootings that killed eight. “There are simply some core values and beliefs that should bring us together as Americans,” President Biden said in remarks at Emory University in Atlanta. “One of them is standing together as Americans. One of them is standing together against hate, against racism,” Biden said.