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Asians steal jobs away from Republican politicians!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jerry-shi-falguni-patel_us_5a033e48e4b092053059ba83The title is actually: Asian-Americans Win School Board Election Despite ‘Deport’ Fliers
After being targeted in widely-circulated, racist campaign fliers, two school board candidates in New Jersey won their election.
Jerry Shi and Falguni Patel won seats on the Edison Township Public Schools board on Tuesday night, despite being attacked in anonymous ads that featured “Deport” splashed on top of their pictures. The fliers also targeted the Asian communities in the township, which has a significant Asian-American population. The text read: “The Chinese and Indians are taking over our town.”
But the two candidates’ wins has led to an outpouring of support from people across Twitter, including former United States Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu, who praised those in Edison for ignoring the message of the disparaging fliers.
In addition to Shi and Patel, Beth Moroney and Paul Distefano also won seats on the board. Authorities told HuffPost that an investigation regarding the mailers is still underway. The culprit has not yet been determined.
Suman Raghunathan, the executive director of the nonprofit South Asian Americans Leading Together, previously told HuffPost that ads, which were also printed with “Make Edison Great Again,” a riff on President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, echoed the administration’s rhetoric and crackdowns on both legal and illegal immigration.
Jerry Shi and Falguni Patel won seats on the Edison Township Public Schools board on Tuesday night, despite being attacked in anonymous ads that featured “Deport” splashed on top of their pictures. The fliers also targeted the Asian communities in the township, which has a significant Asian-American population. The text read: “The Chinese and Indians are taking over our town.”
But the two candidates’ wins has led to an outpouring of support from people across Twitter, including former United States Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu, who praised those in Edison for ignoring the message of the disparaging fliers.
Link to tweet
In addition to Shi and Patel, Beth Moroney and Paul Distefano also won seats on the board. Authorities told HuffPost that an investigation regarding the mailers is still underway. The culprit has not yet been determined.
Suman Raghunathan, the executive director of the nonprofit South Asian Americans Leading Together, previously told HuffPost that ads, which were also printed with “Make Edison Great Again,” a riff on President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, echoed the administration’s rhetoric and crackdowns on both legal and illegal immigration.
There were many more. There were several Asian women who stole jobs away from Republicans in Virginia and the deciding state senate seat in Washington state that gave control to the Democrats was an Asian woman who stole that job away from a Republican. There was a turban wearing Sikh who stole a job in New Jersey.
I've included South Asians in with Asians for this story. It's wonderful to see people stealing jobs from Republicans.
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