Former Michigan republican congressman and senate hopeful, is running against Senator Debbie Stabenow! Not having ideas to run on, Hoekstra went all in and bought a local ad during the Super Bowl. Instead of coming up with new ideas on how he was going to help turn Michigan’s economy around, he decided to go full fledged racist:
That commercial did not sit very well with most local leaders and clergy, including many republicans.
“It is very disturbing that Mr. Hoekstra’s campaign chose to use harmful negative stereotypes that intrinsically encourage anti-Asian sentiment,”the Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote group said in a statement.
On Twitter, Time magazine columnist and GOP consultant Mike Murphy called the 30-second spot “really, really dumb.”
Several Detroit ministers condemned the ad, too.
“The Asian woman speaking in this video would be no different than him having a black person speaking in slave dialect,” the Rev. Charles Williams II said in a statement Monday. “If Pete Hoekstra does not see any wrong in this commercial, he doesn’t deserve to be in the race.”
Just a quick aside…who lends their endorsement to Hoekstar and his negative, racist campaign? Why none other than Paul Ryan (R – Wall St.) (at least I think that is Paul Ryan not quite sure what he is attempting with his facial hair there). As pink Slip Paulie says
“This election will be a clear choice of what kind of people we want to be…”
I could not agree more and I choose to stand against racism. Where do you stand now paul?
Holy sh-t…if he keeps that up, I’m going to have to shave.
Why Ed, have you had lobbyists handing you random $100’s?
No…and my February check from Soros is late too!
Yikes. I clicked on the video figuring the lead in was hyperbole & reading into it something that wasn’t really there. Can’t say that’s the case at all. The “SpendItNow” thing while lame, is probably just typical run of the mill tacky campaigning. And I’m all in favor of reducing spending…but eww. What a rotten and I’d have to agree, racist/xenophobic way to try and make that point (and more).
Gotta give some credit to the Republicans who’ve called him out on this. Wonder if Ryan’s endorsement came before or after the ad came out? Given the backlash, I’d think he’ll probably walk it back – shame on him if he doesn’t.
Few Republicans have called him out, Locke. But, yes, they should take some credit.
He won’t walk it back. The backlash is the whole point of this exercise.