Chinese woman, on a bicycle, riding through rice paddies, talking slyly in broken English about how they are out to take American jobs?
Um, yeah … that has more than a bit of a "racial tint."
Hoekstra could have very easily made every single (wrong) point he wanted to make without any of those elements. But obviously the yellow peril makes for some nice imagery. #ddtb
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Hoekstra defends his ad. What do you think?
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Hoekstra Defends Ad: ‘There’s Nothing In Here That Has A Racial Tint At All’
Former Rep. Pete Hoesktra (R-MI) appeared Monday afternoon on Fox News, to defend his controversial TV ad by his Senate campaign, which played in Michigan during the Super Bowl — and featured an Asian…