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Related: About this forumNew Trump attack ad appears to suggest former Gov. Locke is a Chinese official, called 'a new low'
New Trump attack ad appears to suggest former Gov. Locke is a Chinese official, called a new low by DemocratsA new attack ad by President Donald Trumps campaign that portrays former Vice President Joe Biden as too cozy with China to confront the country over the coronavirus pandemic includes an image of Gary Locke, a former governor of Washington state, that appears to falsely suggest he is a Chinese official.
Locke, who is Chinese American and was serving as U.S. ambassador to China at the time, is briefly depicted onstage at a 2013 event in Beijing with Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The clip is interspersed with others of Biden toasting the countrys leader, Xi Jinping, and criticizing Trump as xenophobic for imposing a travel ban on China after the coronavirus outbreak in that country.
During Americas crisis, Biden protected Chinas feelings, asserts the ad, which prompted swift condemnation by Democrats for its inclusion of Locke.
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh defended the online ad in a Thursday night tweet, saying it was used because it specifically places Biden in Beijing in 2013 on a trip he took with his son Hunter Biden. Memory Lane for ol Joe, Murtaugh wrote.
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/new-trump-attack-ad-appears-to-suggest-former-washington-gov-gary-locke-is-a-chinese-official/
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New Trump attack ad appears to suggest former Gov. Locke is a Chinese official, called 'a new low' (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Apr 2020
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OnDoutside
(19,986 posts)1. Lol, load up those Ivanka Chinese trademarks for actual facts !!!
MFM008
(19,834 posts)2. He just hates
Washington state Governors...
I assure maggot we hate him back in spades.
soryang
(3,299 posts)3. Trump is promoting racism pure and simple
It's his go to card.
samnsara
(17,658 posts)4. loved Locke....
Wounded Bear
(58,773 posts)5. We've had some pretty good governors up here in the Great North West...