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Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)\\u2019s tearful rebuke against Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) during a House hearing on violence and discrimination against Asian Americans was semi-unplanned. She had a speech ready to go, but when Roy went on an anti-China and lynchings rant instead, she just lost it. \\u201cI had to cut out excerpts of my prepared speech, which I\'m sure my staff got upset about, but I just had to say it. I had to respond to what he was saying and the disturbing way in which he said it,\\u201d she tells Molly Jong-Fast in this bonus members-only episode of The New Abnormal. \\u201cI was just so sick of the Republican party from the very top levels of leadership constantly using these [racist] terms, which literally helped embolden people to commit acts of hatred against the community.\\u201d Molly can\\u2019t help but wonder, out loud, how Rep. Meng can work with these people day in and day out. To that, she lets Molly in on a not-so-secret-secret: \\u201cThe things that they say on social media is sometimes different from what they\'re doing,\\u201d she says, referencing the GOP members who didn\\u2019t vote for the American Rescue Plan Act, but tried to take credit for it among their constituents. There were even 164 Republicans who didn\\u2019t even vote for an anti-hate bill that just said they stand against Asian racism. But Meng isn\\u2019t surprised by that, especially after Jan. 6. \\u201cYou had these members who literally talk about law and order on their conservative outlets. And then were literally blowing past, yelling at and shoving Capitol police officers because they didn\'t want to go through the metal detectors. It\\u2019s just a complete lack of respect for the very institution that they brag about respecting.\\u201d Molly compared it to the Trump era. \\u201cThe whole Trump administration, it went from the Muslim ban to the wall with Mexico, and now they were like, you know what? This virus is from Asia. And it\'s like, they only have one speed. And it\'s racism.\\u201d Plus! Congresswoman Meng convinces producer Jesse Cannon that 16-year-olds should get the right to vote and addresses one of Molly\\u2019s favorite questions: How can Dems get better at messaging?

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