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Government
RNC chair candidate says her Sikh faith is being targeted with ‘bigoted attacks’ by her opponents
Harmeet Dhillon persists in the race for Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman despite facing opposition regarding her Sikh faith. ...
Ines Shin
New York
Republican Lester Chang sworn into New York’s Assembly amid residency challenges
Before you read: New York Democrats cite residency issues in push to block Asian Republican elected to state assembly Embattled Republican A...
Carl Samson
News
Elaine Chao declines to comment on Trump’s ‘Coco Chow’ attack
Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has refused to talk about former President Donald Trump’s “Coco Chow” attack, according to repo...
Michelle Steel emerges victorious in race riddled with claims of red-baiting, anti-Asian racism
U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel (R, CA-45) will remain congresswoman of California’s 45th District after winning the race against Democrat Jay Che...
Asian Americans get big midterm wins but still underrepresented in politics
Shri Thanedar (D) became the first Indian American to represent Michigan, while Aruna Miller (D) became the first Indian American to win th...
Khier Casino
‘Whites and Asians need not apply’: Election mailers show fake hiring ad
Election mailers distributed by the nonprofit organization America First Legal Foundation, which was founded by Donald Trump’s former senio...
Michelle De Pacina
Feature
‘Asian Lives Matter’ Republican ad blames Biden for anti-Asian hate
On Saturday, nonprofit Citizens for Sanity released an advertisement on Twitter titled, “Why Don’t Asian Lives Matter to Joe Biden and his ...
Iris Jung
Politics
Gov. Ron DeSantis used to pronounce Thai as ‘thigh’ to assess dates, former Yale classmate claims
A recent Financial Times profile on GOP Florida Governor Ron DeSantis quotes a pandemic memoir written by Charles Finch, who went to Yale U...
Donald Trump lashes out at his ‘crazy’ former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao
Former U.S. President Donald Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social to call his former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao “...
Ryan General
China
Republican Indiana governor is latest US official to visit Taiwan
Gov. Eric Holcomb (R-IN) announced his arrival in Taiwan and thanked Taiwan’s Director General of the Department of North American Affairs,...
Bryan Ke
GOP Senate candidate targeted with political ad full of racist Asian stereotypes by Peter Thiel-funded PAC
Republican senatorial candidate Jim Lamon was targeted with a political ad that contained elements considered racist against Asians. The c...
Elon Musk pledges to vote Republican, says Democrats have become party of ‘division and hate’
Elon Musk, currently the richest person on Earth, has officially declared his support for the Republican Party. The prospective Twitter ow...
‘We will stand with our Asian friends’: New York state GOP announces new Asian American caucus
On Monday, during the New York Republican Party convention, Committee Chair Nicholas Langworthy announced the creation of the party’s Asian...
Jane Nam
Coronavirus
House Republicans express outrage over US purchase of ‘made in China’ KN95 masks to fulfill mask mandate
House representatives have been mandated to wear N95 or KN95 masks in Capitol buildings earlier this month. Members recently received KN95...
Senate bill seeks to sanction Chinese officials who block inquiries into COVID-19’s alleged Wuhan lab origins
Introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation and Determination (COVID) Act of 2022 would sanctio...
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Who Used ‘Yellow’ to Refer to Asian Virginians in Interview Calls Out Dems
Glenn Youngkin, the Republican gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, used the word “yellow” to describe Asian people in an interview that re...
‘They Give Us Coronavirus’: Korean American GOP Candidate Stands Ground On Anti-Chinese Remarks
A Korean American congressional candidate in Texas is facing a backlash for making anti-Chinese immigrant remarks in a forum last week. Sery...
Editorial Staff
CA Republican Candidate Boasts She Pulled Daughter Out of College for Supporting LGBTQ+ Equality
A video was unearthed showing Republican congressional candidate Michelle Park Steel bragging about putting her daughter in a Jesuit school ...
Republican Senator Rick Scott Accuses Every Chinese Citizen of Being a ‘Communist Spy’
Florida Senator Rick Scott has accused every mainland Chinese citizen of being a Communist spy during an interview on the Fox Business netwo...
Republican Lawmakers Submit Bill Banning Chinese Students from Studying Science in the US
Republican senators have unveiled a bill that prohibits Chinese nationals from studying STEM fields at the graduate and postgraduate levels ...
Coronavirus Not Serious in Kansas County Because It Has Few Chinese People, GOP Chair Suggests
A Republican county head in Kansas has come under fire after suggesting that his constituents will likely not face a serious impact of COVID...
Republican Congressman Defends Calling it ‘Chinese Coronavirus’ Despite WHO and CDC Saying Stop
After getting slammed as “racist” in a massive Twitter backlash, GOP House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy defended his use ...
Singaporean ‘Influencer’ Blasted on Twitter After Attacking Greta Thunberg
Singaporean influencer and Donald Trump supporter Xiaxue insulted 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg and called her “so damn...
Asian American Voters Have the Highest Rejection Rates in Georgia
State and local election officials in Georgia are facing a lawsuit after it was revealed that there are high rejection rates of absentee bal...
GOP Congressman Slammed for ‘Racist’ Ad Reportedly Implying That Speaking Korean is Un-American
Republican lawmaker Chris Collins is facing backlash over a racially-tinged television ad that attacked Nate McMurray, his Democratic challe...
Republican Attacks Korean-American Politician in New Jersey With ‘Racist’ Font
Republicans in New Jersey are being accused by Democrats of using a “racist” font in an attack ad pamphlet that targets a Korean-American ca...
Former Republican Cites Trump’s ‘Racist Tactics’ as Reason For Becoming Democrat
Lori Stegmann, the current Multnomah County commissioner in Oregon who has been a Republican for 40 years, announced that she wants to becom...
Anti-LGBT, Pro-Gun Korean Reverend Moon Shows Up at GOP Event to ‘Bless’ It
A pastor who congregated couples in a gun-filled “commitment ceremony” earlier this year is making headlines again after crashing a GOP even...
Minnesota Republican Leader Suffers Racist Attacks from Her Own Party and Trump Supporters
Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan claimed in a Facebook post on Friday that she had been subjected to several verbal r...
Republican Senate Candidate Uses the Word ‘Negro’ Defending His ‘China People’ Campaign
Considering the number of embarrassing politicians already running for office in the United States, to be dubbed as the “worst candidate in ...
Indian-American Cornell Student Receives Threats on Campus for Being a Conservative
A senior undergraduate student at Cornell University has been getting threats after sharing her conservative views on TV last year. In an es...
Republican Senate Candidate Calls Asians ‘Yellows’ and Native Americans ‘Reds’
A Republican politician aiming for a seat in the upper chamber of the United States Congress recently used two racially offensive terms pert...
Asian Americans Are Very Concerned About the ‘Trumpcare’ Vote on Twitter
The House of Representatives voted to “repeal and replace” the American Health Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, by 217 votes to 213 on Thursday. ...
Meet the Chinese-American Teen Who’s Donald Trump’s Biggest Fan
This post has been updated. Donald Trump is not popular among Asian-American voters. Only 19% of Asian-American voters see the Republican p...