Asian-American Elected GOPer Turns On Hoekstra After Ad
Asian-American Elected GOPer Turns On Hoekstra After Ad
Evan McMorris-Santoro February 6, 2012, 7:58 PM
Washtenaw County, Michigan Commissioner Alicia Ping (R) says she was leaning toward endorsing former Rep. Pete Hoekstra in the Republican primary for Senate. But thats all over now. On Monday, Ping donated money to Clark Durant, Hoekstras longshot rival in the primary. She told me shed publicly endorse him if Durant asks her to.
Why the change of heart? Hoekstras controversial Super Bowl ad, which the Chinese-American Ping called demeaning, is a part of it. But it was more Hokestras refusal to acknowledge that hed made a mistake running the ad that really lost him Pings support.
If he didnt know it was racist on some level, then shame on him, Ping told me in a phone interview Monday night. He didnt 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
thats not the case at all. Its offensive and its racist. Its 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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