10 Resign from Presidents Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

[Brother Buzz]

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/10-resig

by TRACI G. LEE
FEB 16 2017

Ten members of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) submitted their resignation to President Donald Trump, NBC News has learned.

In the letter addressed to Trump and obtained by NBC News on Wednesday, the 10 members — approximately two-thirds of the commission — stated their objection to the president's "portrayal of immigrants, refugees, people of color and people of various faiths as untrustworthy, threatening, and a drain on our nation."

The letter, dated Feb. 15, lists several of the Trump administration's actions that the members say go against the commission's principles, including proposals to cut federal resources to sanctuary cities, repealing the Affordable Care Act, and banning refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Members also met with former Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu, and former WHIAAPI executive directors Kiran Ahuja and Doua Thor. via White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Among the members who resigned are its chair and vice chair — Tung Thanh Nguyen, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco; and Mary Okada, president and CEO of Guam Community College — and actor Maulik Pancholy, who told NBC News that the decision to leave was "an emotional and difficult" one.

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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Trump forgot to say he fired them today, it seems

if I need to add!

[CincyDem]

2. "Losers...all losers...they wouldn't have survived a single episode of The Apprentice"...

...tomorrow morning's tweet on this topic.

He's such an asshat.

[underpants]

3. Given what we've seen, how long would Trump have lasted?

He is basically an apprentice

[cstanleytech]

7. You can give him to much credit as even an apprentice has a chance at learning to be a

decent human being during their life.

[JudyM]

4. Good integrity, service with honor.

[retrowire]

5. :( nt

[LuckyLib]

6. A professor of medicine at UC San Francisco can't afford to be associated with the crazy Trump Train

in any capacity. Nor can anyone with moral integrity and conscience.

Folks are going to be deserting this sinking ship in droves. His "administration" won't be able to keep up with the appointments.

[benld74]

8. Smart people are leaving him

And the GOP
Still sits there twiddling themselves

[zentrum]

9. This should get much..

.....more media attention. Can you imagine if ten people from one commission had resigned from Obama in one month. It would be a major story.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Just today Trump informed the world his administration is functioning like a fine tuned machine. n/t

[marybourg]

11. A Rube Goldberg Machine. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

12. THIS!!

[mikelewis]

13. That's funny... Trump is a Rube...

[joet67]

14. Now this page is unavailable. ?? nt

[Brother Buzz]

15. It's still up and works for me

Perhaps you can dump your cache/browsing history, or something to make it work

[yuiyoshida]

16. Good! As an Asian-American and Pacific Islander, I will support their decision

Mahalo! Arigatou for this.

[Vinca]

17. What are the chances he's ever heard of this before?

Chances are he thinks Hawaii is a "fake" state and he couldn't find Guam on a map for a billion dollar prize.