Republican congresswomen call out 'hurtful' comments made about Chinese immigrants by Texas GOP candidate they endorsed
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A Texas Republican congressional candidate was called out by two GOP congresswomen who have endorsed her Thursday for "unacceptable and hurtful" comments she made a day earlier about Chinese immigrants, anti-Asian violence in the US and the coronavirus pandemic.
The comments by Sery Kim, a candidate vying for the GOP nomination in the race to represent Texas' 6th Congressional District, a seat that was held by Rep. Ron Wright until his death in February following a Covid-19 diagnosis, came during a candidate forum hosted by two Republican groups in the district. At the forum, Kim, responding to a question about the US' immigration crisis, said: "I don't want them here at all," referring to potential Chinese immigrants. "They steal our intellectual property, they give us coronavirus, they don't hold themselves accountable."President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
In the days and weeks leading up Hunter Biden’s trial on felony gun charges, President Joe Biden made little attempt to distance himself from his son. Instead, Hunter Biden was seen at the White House and in Delaware at his father’s side amid what the president’s allies acknowledge is a difficult moment for both men.