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President Donald Trump has received backlash for a campaign ad that appears
to suggest that Gary Locke, the former U.S. ambassador to China, was a
Chinese official.
The ad, released Thursday, attempts to paint former Vice President Joe Biden
, the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, as being “soft" on China.
One portion of the video flips through a series of interactions between
Biden and Chinese officials, like Chinese President Xi Jinping, but includes
Locke in the mix. Locke, who has the distinction of being the first
American of Chinese descent to head the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, was born in
Seattle.
While Locke didn’t directly address the use of his appearance in the ad, he
responded to the spot in totality in a statement. He wrote that he has “no
tolerance” for distraction and political divisions at the moment, a time
of public health crisis. He also pointed out the heightened number of hate
attacks targeting Asian Americans due to the pandemic.
“President Trump and his team are fanning hatred and it needs to stop now.
Hate crimes and discrimination against the Asian American community are on
the rise. And the Trump team is making it worse,” Locke, who served as
ambassador under the Obama administration, wrote. “Asian Americans are
Americans. Period. We defend our country in wars, build businesses and
create jobs, serve in all levels of our government, and are treating
patients on the frontlines of this crisis as we speak.”
The ad also prompted many Asian Americans, including former Democratic
presidential candidate Andrew Yang to accuse Trump of underscoring the
perpetual foreigner stereotype
Andrew Yang🧢🇺🇸
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Goddamn this shit is infuriating. Gary Locke is as American as the day is
long. Trump rewriting history as if he effectively responded to the virus is
utter garbage. We lost 70 days and thousands of lives due to his
incompetence and disregard for what was happening overseas. https://twitter.
com/IsaacDovere/status/1248398635093487622 …
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Latest Trump ad features a montage of Biden meeting with Chinese officials.
Amid that montage at the :39 mark: a clip of him with Gary Locke, the former
governor of Washington/Commerce secretary/ambassador to China, who is Asian
-American, but... American https://youtu.be/Nv7yVCwv6NU
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The Trump campaign includes former WA Governor and Commerce Secretary Gary
Locke in an ad accusing Biden of cozying up to China.
Locke, who is Chinese American, was born in Washington state. https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=Nv7yVCwv6NU …
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Kevin Xu
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Gary Locke was my boss at the Commerce Department. He is inspiring,
honorable, and the epitome of the American dream.
He grew up in a housing project, became Governor/Secretary/Ambassador. His
father fought in WWII.
Locke is the BEST of America. Trump is the WORST. https://twitter.com/
AndrewYang/status/1248443923275624449 …
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Goddamn this shit is infuriating. Gary Locke is as American as the day is
long. Trump rewriting history as if he effectively responded to the virus is
utter garbage. We lost 70 days and thousands of lives due to his
incompetence and disregard for what was happening overseas. https://twitter.
com/IsaacDovere/status/1248398635093487622 …
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Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign’s communications director, said in a tweet
responding to the criticism that the “shot with the flags,” in which
Biden is featured with Locke, was used to place the presidential hopeful in
Beijing in 2013. One major theme in the ad is Biden’s trip to China with
his son Hunter. The trip has previously been used by Trump to stir up
controversy around Hunter Biden’s business dealings in the country.
“The shot with the flags specifically places Biden in Beijing in 2013,”
Murtaugh wrote. “It’s for a reason. That’s the Hunter Biden trip. Memory
Lane for ol’ Joe.”
But John C. Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans
Advancing Justice | AAJC, told NBC News that the spot just adds fuel to
racist notions.
“Suggesting that Gary Locke, who was born, raised and served as governor in
Washington state, and also served as a federal Cabinet member, is somehow
not American is outrageous,” he said. “It demonstrates that, for some
people, as long as you look Asian, you will never fully be accepted as
American.”
Locke grew up in Seattle housing projects and worked at his father’s
grocery store in his youth. He announced his endorsement of Biden in January,
“Our current international state of affairs requires a leader with tried
and tested experience in dealing with some of our most consequential issues,
” Locke, a former secretary of commerce, said in a statement released first
to NBC News. “I cannot think of anyone better than Joe Biden to assume the
role of commander-in-chief at this critical time.” |
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