And, by the way, McConnell is gay. From the WaPo
A Democratic super PAC launched recently to oppose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) reelection is under fire for tweeting about McConnell’s “Chinese” wife and suggesting that the senator is gay.
The group, Progress Kentucky, tweeted the following Feb. 14 about McConnell and his wife, former labor secretary Elaine Chao, who is of Chinese descent and was born in Taiwan:
This woman has the ear of @mcconnellpress — she’s his #wife. May explain why your job moved to #China! rense.com/general77/raci…
— Progress Kentucky (@ProgressKy) February 14, 2013
From WFPL public radio:
The Tweet links to a Web site run by conspiracy theorist and radio host Jeff Rense, alleging Chao, who was born in Taiwan, discriminated against American workers during her tenure.
Progress Kentucky spokesman Curtis Morrison says the group’s leaders do not review every Tweet and initially denied any had mentioned Chao superficially. But he later told WFPL that a group volunteer had sent out the messages targeting the former secretary.
“It’s not an official statement. It’s a Tweet. And we will remove it if it’s wrong,” he says. “I follow Ashley Judd on Twitter and she removed a Tweet the other day, she Tweeted to you, Phillip. People make mistakes in Tweets. It happens. Inferring that Elaine Chao is not a U.S. citizen was not our intention.”
And Mitch is gay!
Later Tuesday afternoon, BuzzFeed reported that the super PAC’s Twitter account had also tweeted twice suggesting that McConnell was gay and linking to an old news release written by an activist who has made similar accusations against several other politicians.
And it keeps on coming! A couple of tweets:
Progress Kentucky @ProgressKy
I tweet about the #McConnell #Amgen scam & Chinese $$ buying elections in #KY b/c the mainstream media ignores it. Tell your friends!
BethsPersonalOpinion @BethAnnDavidson
@ProgressKy yeah, how his Chinese father-in-law got so much rich and how his wife became a citizen… And no #ImmigrationReform ? Hypocrite.
Back down? Nope.
The group doesn’t seem to be backing down, re-tweeting another user’s defense of their tweets about Chao even after their Twitter feed became news.
@astra543 @progressky She is married to Mitch McConell is’t she? It stands to reason why she wld be down on american workers, her husband
— leona barrow (@jenekool) February 26, 2013
Republicans are looking for an apology:
Republicans on Tuesday condemned a liberal super PAC’s recent online comments about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s wife, saying the racially motivated and “disgusting” remarks should be condemned at the highest level of the Democratic Party.
The group, Progress Kentucky, purportedly said in a recent tweet that McConnell’s Taiwan-born wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, “has the ear of (Sen. McConnell) — she’s his wife. May explain why your job moved to China!”
The tweet does not appear on Progress Kentucky’s Twitter feed, but group spokesman Curtis Morrison acknowledged its existence Tuesday and said it would be removed.
Morrison told local radio station WFPL-FM that a group volunteer sent the tweet.
They’re as likely to get an apology as was Mitt Romney for being called a murderer.
Racism from the left is not racism. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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Except for liberals being foolish.
Typical Bullsh-tVik tactics — rotten bastards — they should look a little closer at their west coast harlots — and their husbands dealings — Babs Boxer, Di Fi and San Fran Nan — then home in on GE jeff I. — you remember him — head of obie’s jobs council that never was — and his light bulb and other factories in China — and the demo congress and various a$$kising state and local gubmints enacting bans on incandescent bulbs. Stupid SOB’s think ya can save enough with curlie-que bulbs to charge up a 30 mile range electric car on a daily basis. Idiots — don’t they know that the electricity is an unlimited commodity and is already in the wall and ya really do not have to “save” any of it?
Do not even get me started on collective union stupidity — the “The Great American Working Man” — give me a break!
How long has it been now that the school system has stopped teaching that alchemy was fraud — ya cannot turn lead into gold — and their aint no such thing as a perpetual motion machine. They probably aren’t even teaching that there aint no such thing as aint anymore. Lets see here boys and girls: This is a (my) condom and this is a (my) cucumber — and if any of you are having trouble grasping this – and would like further tutelage – meet me or miss (Mrs) perkybutt after school in rooms 101 or 102 — I will be in 101 with (for) the girls and Ms. P will be —-
Where the hell is someone with some brains. — I may start looking in China.
learn how to kiss your new boss’s ass, China. Wonder how the average union worker will react when he is fired from his job? Drink more, blame Bush, beat up his girlfriend and wife, shoot a dumb cop and call it “his rights as a union worker”.
Better start learning Mandarin…
@Budvarakbar:
I still haven’t been able to find out where to safely dispose of these mercury containing bulbs. The ecology crowd used to be vocally concerned about mercury being released into ground water by improper disposal of dangerous trash. Crickets on this issue from the press, and nothing from the EPA educating people about the danger of tossing them in the trash. (The same goes for mercury containing button batteries.)