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riversedge

(70,413 posts)
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 09:23 AM Apr 2021

Texas GOP candidate bashes Chinese immigrants over coronavirus: 'I don't want them here at all'

Source: Washington Post



Texas GOP congressional candidate falsely claims coronavirus came from Wuhan lab


Sery Kim, a candidate for Texas's 6th congressional district and former official in the Trump administration, spoke at a Republican forum for women on April 1. (Sery Kim)

April 2, 2021 at 8:33 p.m. CDT

At a political forum on Wednesday, GOP congressional candidate Sery Kim falsely suggested that Chinese immigrants bring the coronavirus to the United States — and suggested that she opposes their entry to the country.

“I don’t want them here at all,” Kim, who is Korean American, told attendees, speaking of Chinese immigrants and China in general, the Dallas Morning News reported. “They steal our intellectual property, they give us coronavirus, they don’t hold themselves accountable.”

Kim, 42, also argued that a rising surge in violence and threats against Asian Americans has been trumped up by the media, saying that “Asians have always faced violence. It’s not worse than before.”

The comments left Kim, who served under Trump in the Small Business Administration, facing blowback from both supporters and opponents. Republican Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel, both of California, who endorsed Kim in March, told The Washington Post they had told her that the comments were wrong. Both have withdrawn their endorsements............................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/02/sery-kim-texas-antiasian-remarks/




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Texas GOP candidate bashes Chinese immigrants over coronavirus: 'I don't want them here at all' (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2021 OP
Photo added to OP............ riversedge Apr 2021 #1
Two Korean Americans in Congress pull endorsements of Sery Kim over her comments on Chinese immigr riversedge Apr 2021 #4
Sery Kim May Be Successful As A Korean American David Clarke TomCADem Apr 2021 #14
Cowboy hat wearing, Clarke should apply to be a Proud Boy spokesman. oasis Apr 2021 #18
Kick and recommend for visibility bronxiteforever Apr 2021 #6
Native Americans don't want Kim here. The Jungle 1 Apr 2021 #2
Native Americans don't want Kim here. The Jungle 1 Apr 2021 #3
She's not paying attention. Most of the GQP does not differentiate between Asian nationalities. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #5
+1 dalton99a Apr 2021 #12
'I don't want them here at all' ?Then who do you want?.. Oh thats right...We only want mitch96 Apr 2021 #7
Ms. Kim is what my wife, who is Chinese from China, would call a "banana." AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #10
Has she met Michelle Malkin? JohnnyRingo Apr 2021 #8
Malkin is okay with Filipino women getting beat up in the streets dalton99a Apr 2021 #13
Maybe she doesn't have a mirror JohnnyRingo Apr 2021 #27
Too bad. My wife is coming, Ms. Kim. BTW, how do we know you aren't North Korean there? AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #9
Allen West will make her honorary vice chair of the Texas Republican Party dalton99a Apr 2021 #11
Will someone please tell Kim madashelltoo Apr 2021 #15
I guess you have to be self-hating in order to be a non-straight white male member of the GOPers. Crowman2009 Apr 2021 #16
No Ms. Kim it's not okay to say that MustLoveBeagles Apr 2021 #17
+1 K&R onetexan Apr 2021 #20
I love it when the Goopers double down on their racism for all to see. Martin68 Apr 2021 #19
I must admit, if gives me a chuckle too. . .self-parodies are hilarious AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #24
Can't wait ... we must turn Texas BLUE BlueWavePsych Apr 2021 #21
"Elect me because I hate the Chinese and I have a 3.98 GPA" dalton99a Apr 2021 #22
I did a tour in South Korea and Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2021 #29
Dear Sery Kim rpannier Apr 2021 #31
Applying for the GQP's pet Korean maybe? paleotn Apr 2021 #23
Well put, especially the "associates" part. Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2021 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Apr 2021 #25
"Asians have always faced violence. It's not worse than before." Ramsey Barner Apr 2021 #26
hey sery kim -how about we don't want you here either ! please exit soon ! monkeyman1 Apr 2021 #28

riversedge

(70,413 posts)
4. Two Korean Americans in Congress pull endorsements of Sery Kim over her comments on Chinese immigr
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 09:37 AM
Apr 2021



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Two Korean Americans in Congress pull endorsements of Sery Kim over her comments on Chinese immigrants
Kim, a GOP candidate to replace Ron Wright in in Texas’ 6th Congressional District, says she’ll continue to speak the truth about the Chinese government.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/04/03/two-korean-lawmakers-pull-endorsements-from-sery-kim-after-her-comments-on-chinese-immigrants/


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Sery Kim, a Republican candidate running in the 6th Congressional District of Texas race, answers questions during a forum hosted by the Arlington Republican Club at Studio Movie Grill in Arlington on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)

By Gromer Jeffers Jr.

7:53 PM on Apr 2, 2021

California GOP Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel, both of Korean descent, have pulled their endorsements of Sery Kim, a candidate in the race to replace Ron Wright in Texas’ 6th Congressional District.

Kim, a Korean immigrant who worked in former President Donald Trump’s administration, confirmed Friday that she had lost the backing of the trailblazing Korean members of the U.S. House.



“I don’t want them here at all,” she said. “They steal our intellectual property, they give us coronavirus, they don’t hold themselves accountable.”

She added: “Quite frankly, I can say that because I’m Korean.”.......


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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
14. Sery Kim May Be Successful As A Korean American David Clarke
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 12:31 PM
Apr 2021

Remember how in the midst of BLM protests David Clarke, an African American Sheriff, suddenly became a Trump favorite and a Fox News regular? For minorities in the GOP, it is an easy way to rise to prominence: Provide cover to the GOP for their efforts to create racial divisions in the United States. While some folks like Tim Scott are just willing to quietly stand beside a racist like Donald Trump, if you really want to be featured by right wing, just go completely crazy like David Clarke.

Sery Kim's all out attack on Chinese immigrants will guarantee her a favored spot on Fox News, OAN and Newsmax. Sure, she may not win the Republican primary, because the Republican base is still very racist, but she will make them fill better because she will insist that their anti-Asian sentiments are not really racist and their assumption that Chinese in the United State are carrying and spreading COVID-19 is not racist at all.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-quietly-ditched-trump-loving-sheriff-david-clarke

Fox News Quietly Ditched Trump-Loving Sheriff David Clarke

For years, Sheriff David A. Clarke was a fixture on Fox News, raging against Black Lives Matter, reportedly neglecting his duties as sheriff, and owning libs at every corner.

Nowadays, the firebrand Trump ally and ex-Milwaukee sheriff isn’t welcome on Fox anymore, The Daily Beast has learned.

The one-time Fox News regular, who was previously considered for different senior posts in the Trump administration, was effectively “banned” last year by the network, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

The decision was more sweeping than the “soft bans” that Fox has imposed on other guests or contributors, such as former White House official Sebastian Gorka, who was barred from Fox’s “hard news” programming but regularly appeared on opinion shows like Hannity.

oasis

(49,454 posts)
18. Cowboy hat wearing, Clarke should apply to be a Proud Boy spokesman.
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 02:22 PM
Apr 2021

Kim's trying his best to be accepted for membership in the KKK.

Two worthless pieces of shit. 💩💩

mitch96

(13,938 posts)
7. 'I don't want them here at all' ?Then who do you want?.. Oh thats right...We only want
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 11:11 AM
Apr 2021

white northern europeans...... Red white and blue... Red lipstick, white skin and blue eyes..
Yup thats it....

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AZLD4Candidate

(5,838 posts)
10. Ms. Kim is what my wife, who is Chinese from China, would call a "banana."
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 11:33 AM
Apr 2021

In Chinese, it's 香蕉人。

JohnnyRingo

(18,673 posts)
8. Has she met Michelle Malkin?
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 11:13 AM
Apr 2021

Both are clearly the product of minority immigration, and both are racist elitists who want to slam the door shut behind them while providing white people with a skeleton key.

JohnnyRingo

(18,673 posts)
27. Maybe she doesn't have a mirror
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 08:27 PM
Apr 2021

She has a bi monthly column in the newspaper, and seldom does she pass up an opportunity to bash immigrants.

AZLD4Candidate

(5,838 posts)
9. Too bad. My wife is coming, Ms. Kim. BTW, how do we know you aren't North Korean there?
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 11:32 AM
Apr 2021

You could be a spy for Jabba the Kim. Ms. Kim. Jabba the Kim. Hmmmmmm?

And no you can't say that. Koreans are not Chinese. I know, I've lived in both places.

안녕.

dalton99a

(81,673 posts)
11. Allen West will make her honorary vice chair of the Texas Republican Party
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 12:17 PM
Apr 2021

"Republicans are not racist. Look at ME"


madashelltoo

(1,705 posts)
15. Will someone please tell Kim
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 01:12 PM
Apr 2021

That most Americans don’t know the difference between Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Pacific Islanders. She is endangering them all, including herself and her loved ones.

MustLoveBeagles

(11,673 posts)
17. No Ms. Kim it's not okay to say that
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 02:00 PM
Apr 2021

Being of Korean decent doesn't give you a pass for your bigotry. Your putting yourself and other Asian-Americans in danger because most of the violent and racist RWNJ's either don't know or don't care about the differences.

AZLD4Candidate

(5,838 posts)
24. I must admit, if gives me a chuckle too. . .self-parodies are hilarious
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 04:55 PM
Apr 2021

I still don't understand how, after all they have said and done since 2016, the Republican Party hasn't been declared a nationally recognized hate group by the SPLC.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,996 posts)
29. I did a tour in South Korea and
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:18 AM
Apr 2021

I heard comments locals made about African-Americans and Filipinos.

They are human and they are capable of racist and prejudiced behavior, also.

And while I say Kim's GPA is a fine accomplishment, showing it to today's GQP voters is laughable. They'll label her as an elitist and she'll get shellacked in the primaries by some dumb shit GQP firebrand like Dan Rodimer.

rpannier

(24,350 posts)
31. Dear Sery Kim
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 03:32 AM
Apr 2021

Racism is not about YOUR ethnicity
Racism is how treat others based on THEIR race (or in this case, grouping)
Your childish, slurish and racist attacks against people who are Chinese shows you are a racist.
A racist in the same vein as the Japanese who ruthlessly slaughtered the Chinese at Nanjing for being less-than-human

paleotn

(17,997 posts)
23. Applying for the GQP's pet Korean maybe?
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 04:42 PM
Apr 2021

Sery, they'll put up with you to make political hay about not being racist, but that's as far as it goes. Don't ever think you're in their club. Same with Clarence Thomas and Tim Scott. The club is white European only. And to be honest, only certain white Europeans, preferably protestant. Everyone else are just "associates." Little better than paid props.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,996 posts)
30. Well put, especially the "associates" part.
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:20 AM
Apr 2021

Like the Mafia, they'll never be true members. They aren't WASPS.

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Ramsey Barner

(349 posts)
26. "Asians have always faced violence. It's not worse than before."
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 07:57 PM
Apr 2021

"America has always had racial violence. So what's the problem with more racial violence?"

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