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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell stumped after reporter asks if it's OK to tell his immigrant wife to 'go back to your coun
https://www.alternet.org/2019/07/mcconnell-stumped-after-reporter-asks-if-its-ok-to-tell-his-immigrant-wife-to-go-back-to-your-country/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=742snip of article.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday refused to condemn President Donald Trumps racist attack against progressive members of Congress suggesting instead that both Democrats and Republicans alike needed to tone down their rhetoric.
During a press conference, McConnell was asked if it would be racist to use similar language towards his wife Elaine Chao, who is currently the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
Youre married to an immigrant naturalized citizen, a reporter noted. If someone were to say to her, you should go back to your country because of her criticisms of federal policies, wouldnt you consider that a racist attack?
But the Senate majority leader did not directly answer the question.
Well, the secretary of transportation came here at age 8, legally, not speaking a word of English and has realized the American dream. I think all of us think this is a process of renewal that has gone on in this country for a very long time, and its good for America, and we ought to continue it.
This whole thing is sickening. Asylum is legal and why are they piling on Ilhan Omar.
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McConnell stumped after reporter asks if it's OK to tell his immigrant wife to 'go back to your coun (Original Post)
bdamomma
Jul 2019
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)1. Just like Turtle Boy's wife, Ilhan Omar came to the US legally
as a child, not speaking a word of English and realized the American dream. How is she different from Elain Chao?
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)2. again
they are singling her out because she is a Muslim? Sickening and it just keeps on getting worse. Diversity of people is what makes our country great. Why don't they grow up and stop name calling.
zaj
(3,433 posts)4. Because she serves to give the GOP power
That's the only difference
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)3. send Moscow Mitch to where his loyalty lies
EleanorR
(2,395 posts)5. Bannon and Thiel have their sights on Chinese people now, Mitch
GOP racism isn't going to be limited to brown people and muslims. As a rich, white conservative ass licker you might be safe Mitch, but your wife is not.
The billionaire investor Peter Thiel has accused Google of treason and called for a law enforcement investigation of the search engines parent company. He speculated that the Chinese government has invaded its employee ranks. A German immigrant via South Africa, Thiel is not alone; his remarks echo the repeated assertions of the rabble rouser Steve Bannon that there are too many Asian CEOs in Silicon Valley.
These claims, combined with similar charges of wrongdoing against students and professors of Chinese origin on campuses across the country, are as ominous as they are lurid. While Thiel presents no evidence, Bannon displays ample prejudice. They are inspiring paranoia about everyone of Chinese heritage.
These claims, combined with similar charges of wrongdoing against students and professors of Chinese origin on campuses across the country, are as ominous as they are lurid. While Thiel presents no evidence, Bannon displays ample prejudice. They are inspiring paranoia about everyone of Chinese heritage.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/17/google-peter-thiel-yellow-peril-racism-tech
Joe941
(2,848 posts)6. McConnell is a racist.