New Trump Attack Ad Falsely Suggests Former Governor Is Chinese (NYT)

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/trump-ad-gary-locke.html

New Trump Attack Ad Falsely Suggests Former Governor Is Chinese
The ad, which calls Joe Biden soft on China and includes an image of former Gov. Gary Locke of Washington, an Asian-American, comes at a time of rising xenophobia over the coronavirus.
By Annie Karni
April 10, 2020, 2:25 a.m. ET



WASHINGTON — A new attack ad by President Trump’s re-election campaign portraying former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. as soft on China includes an image of an Asian-American former governor of Washington State that appears to falsely suggest he is Chinese.

The image, which appears briefly, was pulled from a 2013 event in Beijing, where Mr. Biden, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, shared a stage with Gary Locke, the former governor of Washington, who also served as President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary and ambassador to China. Mr. Locke is Chinese-American.

“During America’s crisis, Biden protected China’s feelings,” the online ad says, presenting a montage of clips of Mr. Biden complimenting and praising the Chinese, including the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, and of a news segment accusing Mr. Biden of helping his son Hunter profit off Chinese investments. The picture of Mr. Biden and Mr. Locke is spliced in among the clips.

Mr. Trump’s campaign released the ad on Thursday at a time of rising xenophobia and violence in the United States aimed at Chinese-Americans, as bigots blame them and other Asian-Americans for the outbreak of the coronavirus, which originated in China.

In recent weeks, Asian-Americans have been physically attacked, yelled at and spit upon; organizations have begun to track the incidents, though some have most likely gone unreported.

The Trump campaign defended using an image of an Asian-American to illustrate Mr. Biden’s ties to the Chinese, saying it was selected simply because “that’s the Hunter Biden trip.”

[msongs]

1. yet he wears the maga hats made in china nt

[ribrepin]

2. I believe Governor Locke is Chinese American

It's despicable that Trump would use Governor Locke to sell his agenda

[dalton99a]

3. Gary Locke was born in Seattle.

[ribrepin]

4. Yes he was

but he is proudly of Chinese descent. I haven't seen the ad so maybe they are implying that Locke is a Chinese citizen.

[pnwmom]

15. They are implying that he's either Chinese or an immigrant from China. n/t

[sheshe2]

5. Welp.

“During America’s crisis, Biden protected China’s feelings,” the online ad says, presenting a montage of clips of Mr. Biden complimenting and praising the Chinese, including the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, and of a news segment accusing Mr. Biden of helping his son Hunter profit off Chinese investments. The picture of Mr. Biden and Mr. Locke is spliced in among the clips.

Doesn't dump, and Ivanki profit off China? All their crap comes from China.Why yes, yes she and daddy do.

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Ivanka Trump receives 5 trademarks from China amid trade talks
Ivanka Trump's company received preliminary approval from the Chinese government for another five trademarks this month, as her father's administration pushes ahead on trade negotiations with China.

Four trademarks, including child care centers, sunglasses and wedding dresses, were approved on Sunday. A fifth, covering brokerage, charitable fundraising and art valuation services, was approved on Jan. 6, according to online trademark office records. The applications were filed in 2016 and 2017. If no one objects, they will be finalized after 90 days.

Ivanka Trump's expanding intellectual property holdings have long raised ethical concerns, particularly because they are happening in China, where the courts and bureaucracy tend to reflect the will of the ruling Communist Party. Even though Ivanka Trump, who serves as a White House adviser, shut down her brand last year, critics say the trademarks could help her revive her business after her father leaves office. Ivanka Trump's lawyers in China did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

In November, the Chinese government granted a total of 18 trademarks to companies linked to U.S. President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka over the last two months, Chinese public records show, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in the
White House as Americans vote in national elections.

In October, China's Trademark Office granted provisional approval for 16 trademarks to Ivanka Trump Marks LLC, bringing to 34 the total number of marks China has greenlighted in the past year, according to the office's online database. The new approvals cover Ivanka-branded fashion gear including sunglasses, handbags, shoes and jewelry, as well as beauty services and voting machines.





Updated on: January 21, 2019 / 8:54 PM / CBS/AP






https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ivanka-trump-receives-5-trademarks-from-china-amid-trade-talks/

[Cha]

6. I read on here that the Chinese told trump

about the Virus on January 3rd and trump did nothing about it.. except play golf, hold rallies, and accuse it of being a "democrat HOAX".

It's all trump's fault.

[dalton99a]

9. Yep. Their disease control director personally called our CDC director with a dire warning

This conversation was confirmed by the CDC to Reuters

[Cha]

11. trump's Not going to rewrite history..

as much as his sweaty little hands would like to.

South Korea knew about it at about the same time..

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

12. +1. Exhibit A : His mouth.

[Cha]

16. Exactly, Exhibit A! Speaking of that

I went to say hi to my nephew in Florida on FB and he had a political post on there about how disappointing DeSantis is.. so of course a few magats showed up.

This one had a gif of trump with his mouth all exaggerated like a round hole like he does.. and was saying "sad" over and over again.. I replied.. "I call him assface".

I know he was not expecting that.. he was so proud of his ugly little gif.

[dalton99a]

17. Well, it's 100% accurate!

Rosie O'Donnell called him an 'orange anus'

[Cha]

18. lol@Rosie.. that's what he looks like.. and

everybody knows it whether they speak of it or not.

[sprinkleeninow]

7. flaming hypocrites extraordinaire

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. That ad will work well on his base of deplorables.

Unfortunately, they embrace scapegoating of others that don’t fit their ideas of “normal” appearance and cultural norms.

I made the mistake of mentioning “Bird’s Nest Soup” to some coworkers who were talking about the unusual diets of the Chinese (when Covid-19 was mostly affecting them), explaining it was solidified bird saliva. A couple of Trump supporters who overheard me went into a RAGE about it! It was like that proved they were “unclean “ or whatever. Ugh, I should’ve known better than to even mention it.

[sprinkleeninow]

10. did a neighborly thing yesterday and went to her front door

she wanted to come out to talk

her cancer reappeared so I take that into consideration

curtailed my visits and do abbreviated chit chats in the front when she's out

we were doing good till she starts about lifting the stay home order, something about the dump not knowing about the virus in january, THEN, a nephew is catholic and 'she' [Nancy] is and what does her priest think of her regarding her stand on abortion and that she 'drinks'

why do I keep punishing myself

she says she's lonesome even more so now with having to stick around home, got two grown kids, an older grandson who didn't come around much even b4 this virus

her church and minister are hardly checking on her lately

i said give all a pass bc this horrid thing is twisting everbody up

i bid her a peace-filled nite while internally getting agita

i can't deal

she's been politically quiet for a long time till this

God Almighty, I CANNOT ABIDE WITH LISTENING TO THIS RUBBISH...

[HarlanPepper]

13. They've got this weak shit

We’ve got drone footage of mass graves, and him calling it a hoax, among many very damning sound bites. I’d rather have our hand.

[Arkansas Granny]

14. I guess the MAGAts will have forgotten this:

In an interview on Fox Business, Trump said that he and Xi Jinping were having dessert at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida when he learned that the airstrikes would be starting soon.

“We had finished dinner, we were now having dessert, and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen, and President Xi was enjoying it, and I was given the message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded,” said Trump.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/4736610/trump-chocolate-cake-jinping-syria/%3famp=true

[MFM008]

19. Funny how

Hes going after our former twice elected Governor here in Washington State....

[Gothmog]

20. Govenor Gary Locke statement on Trump's campaign ad.

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

21. If Trump was capable of shame

This post by Locke would heap burning coals on his head. But since Trump can't feel shame or admit error, he will either ignore it or push all in with more insults to Locke.

[BeckyDem]

22. He is shame-proof. Trump is rampimg up the defection and the racist angle, both intentional for the

campaign. He knows what his base responds to.

[Gothmog]

23. I agree with Governor Locke-this ad is disgusting

Link to tweet

[ck4829]

25. Good call

[ck4829]

24. Disgusting