Ryan Zinke To U.S. Rep. Whose Grandparents Were Imprisoned In WWII: Konnichiwa!

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

03/15/2018 06:43 pm ET

Zinke made the dumb comment in response to a plea that we not forget a dark moment in our country’s history.
By Ryan Grenoble and Kimberly Yam



Let’s all hope President Donald Trump’s next candidate for secretary of state isn’t Ryan Zinke. Because as evidenced by a stupid blunder on Thursday, diplomacy isn’t his strong suit.

The incident centers around Zinke’s tone-deaf reaction to Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), whose grandfathers were incarcerated by the U.S. government during World War II for their Japanese heritage. She said one of her grandfathers, a U.S. citizen, didn’t speak about the painful experience until much later in life.

Hanabusa shared the detail Thursday morning in a hearing with the interior secretary, seeking to persuade him to restore around $2 million in grant funds for organizations dedicated to preserving the memory of that ugly chapter in American history.

“I believe that it is essential that we as a nation recognize our darkest moments so that we don’t have them repeat again,” Hanabusa urged Zinke.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-zinke-internment-camp-wwii-konnichiwa_us_5aaacf27e4b05b2217fd44c6

[Judi Lynn]

1. Japanese-American senator hits Zinke over flippant response on preserving internment sites

By CRISTIANO LIMA 03/15/2018 06:51 PM EDT

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Thursday called it “flippant & juvenile” for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to respond to a question about preserving internment sites with a Japanese greeting.

“The internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans is no laughing matter, @SecretaryZinke,” tweeted Hirono, the first U.S. senator born in Japan and the first Asian-American woman elected to the chamber.

During a House Natural Resources Committee earlier in the day, Zinke was pressed by Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), a fourth-generation Japanese-American, to commit to refunding a National Park Service program that offers grants toward the preservation of confinement camps where Japanese-Americans were held during World War II.

“Are you committed to continue to grant programs that are identified, I believe, as the Japanese American Confinement Sites grants program which were funded in 2017? Will we see them funded again in 2018?” Hanabusa asked.

More:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/ryan-zinke-japanese-internment-sites-mazie-hirono-466151

[fountainofyouth]

2. That's just like the idiot Congressman

Who addressed Indian-American U.S. government officials as if they were foreign!

http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/25/freshman-congressman-mistakes-senior-government-officials-for-foreigners/

[Docreed2003]

3. Ugh...how could you be so clueless? Oh wait this is the Trump admin

[nwduke]

4. Blithering Idiot

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That’s all I have to say about that! No wonder he fits in so well with trumps mafia!

[sheshe2]

5. This admin.

Never ceases to embarrass this country and what it has stood for.

[red dog 1]

6. How do you say "Fu*k You, Zinke" in Japanese?

K&R

[Submariner]

7. If yuiyoshida visits this thread she may tell you

Although she strikes me as too much a Lady to curse, but maybe she will make an exception.

[Nitram]

10. She said the equivalent of a Japanese "fuck you."

She corrected his Japanese. "I believe it is still ohayo gozaimas."

[47of74]

8. 47 to Zinke: Fuck You.

[BreweryYardRat]

9. *facepalm*

You can tell that she's thinking something along the lines of "ichiban baka yaro" in that shot.

[mainer]

11. The comments section had the best comeback: "Guten tag."

Would have been a great response from Hanabusa.

[yurbud]

12. Republicans don't necessarily have a problem with Japanese internment camps

Google "republicans defend Japanese internment camps" and you'll see lots of them, including Trump.

[hatrack]

13. Fucking hick . . .

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