'When we say Republican rhetoric and policies embolden anti-Asian hate and violence, this is what we mean,' said RepPressley after MAGA Republican Lance Gooden questioned RepJudyChu's loyalty to the United States.
in which Gooden is quoted urging the FBI to"immediately launch an investigation" into Ng's alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party.questioning my loyalty to the USA is absolutely outrageous," Chu, the first Chinese-American woman elected to Congress, said in a statement."It is based on false information spread by an extreme, right-wing website. Furthermore, it is racist. I very much doubt that he would be spreading these lies were I not of Chinese-American descent.
;�r @Lancegooden: I served in the US military to defend your right to say stupid, racist shit. Attacking the loyalty of Asian Americans like @RepJudyChu is a racist trope that has harmed Asian Americans throughout US history. Stop harming Americans of Asian descent.;𠇜hu's Democratic colleagues took to Twitter to condemn Goodman's remarks as"racist."
"Insinuating that Chair Chu is disloyal to the United States because she is Chinese-American is categorically wrong," the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus said in a."This type of racist targeting and profiling of Chinese-Americans by right-wing extremists is not only xenophobic, it is incredibly dangerous."
"After centuries of being targeted for not being 'American enough' and viewed with suspicion based on looking 'foreign,' this type of insinuation and fear-mongering only further endangers our communities," the caucus added. ;“When we say Republican rhetoric and policies embolden anti-Asian hate and violence, this is what we mean.\n\nI'm proud to stand with @RepJudyChu and I condemn these racist and xenophobic comments by Rep. Gooden.;”
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