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Asian American group once for Trump now says 'we made a mistake'

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/US-elections-2020/Asian-American-group-once-for-Trump-now-says-we-made-a-mistake

Less than a week before one of the most hotly contested elections in U.S. history, President Donald Trump lost the support of an Asian American group of Republicans that could be the difference in Florida and other swing states.

The National Committee of Asian American Republicans, or "Asian GOP," endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying in a statement Friday, "We need a president with empathy, integrity, and broadness capable of bringing all sides to the table." The group backed Trump in the 2016 contest.

Cliff Li, head of the Asian GOP, told Nikkei Asia that there has been a gradual "opinion shift" in the Asian conservative community, especially among Chinese American conservatives.

He added that he is personally enraged by Trump's finger-pointing and calling the new coronavirus the "China virus," with no regard for the effect of such rhetoric.

"Even calling it the 'kung flu' virus, he has shown a total disregard of the impact it could have on the Chinese American community," Li said.