Asian-American Elected GOPer Turns On Hoekstra After Ad

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Asian-American Elected GOPer Turns On Hoekstra After Ad

Evan McMorris-Santoro

Washtenaw County, Michigan Commissioner Alicia Ping (R) says she was leaning toward endorsing former Rep. Pete Hoekstra in the Republican primary for Senate. But that’s all over now. On Monday, Ping donated money to Clark Durant, Hoekstra’s longshot rival in the primary. She told me she’d publicly endorse him if Durant asks her to.

Why the change of heart? Hoekstra’s controversial Super Bowl ad, which the Chinese-American Ping called “demeaning”, is a part of it. But it was more Hokestra’s refusal to acknowledge that he’d made a mistake running the ad that really lost him Ping’s support.

“If he didn’t know it was racist on some level, then shame on him,” Ping told me in a phone interview Monday night. “He didn’t apologize or say ‘maybe it was over the top’ or anything. He said, ‘I stand by what I believe in’ and, ‘the liberals are just making a bigger thing out of it.’ Well that’s not the case at all. It’s offensive and it’s racist. It’s demeaning to the Asian-American population.”

According to Ping, Hoekstra is about to be in a world of controversy thanks to his decision to stand by the ad, despite the widespread outrage. She told me that leaders from across the minority populations of Michigan will jointly condemn Hoekstra in an open letter tomorrow, guaranteeing that the negative press surrounding the ad — and his response to it — will be back on TV for another day at least.

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Yeah, "GOP consultant Nick De Leeuw flat-out scolded the Holland Republican for the ad." http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002273047

How is this racist ad any different from the latest House GOP memo: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002278532

[limpyhobbler]

1. That was literally the most racist political ad I have ever seen.

[mainer]

2. Ironically, Hoekstra wasn't even born in the US

And the Asian-American actress may very well be a native born American.

[cyberswede]

4. I thought her accent actually seemed fake. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

3. one thing I still don't understand about that ad

Not the racism, that was obvious. I don't understand the connection between our debt and China taking our jobs. In the ad the actress said something like "our economy gets stronger, yours gets weaker, we take your jobs". Trade policy has more to do with this than our debt.

[limpyhobbler]

5. It's not supposed to make sense. Just generate race hate.