“‘Utter Disgrace’: Trump Campaign Condemns Kamala Ad as ‘Despicable and Racist’”

The Trump campaign is outraged by an ad from Kamala Harris that it calls “despicable and racist.” The ad, aimed at Asian American voters, suggests that Trump’s re-election could lead to a resurgence of WWII-era internment camps. It also implies that Trump’s policies might fuel racially motivated violence, referencing the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese immigrant killed by two white men.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung, a son of Chinese immigrants, told The Daily Wire that the ad shows “a lack of morals, decency, and ethical standards” in the opposing campaign.

“This is despicable and racist behavior by Kamala Harris and her team,” Cheung said. “They have no morals, decency, or ethical standards, so they resort to the lowest form of political theater.”

Cheung directed criticism toward Andrew Peng, the Harris campaign official responsible for outreach to Asian American voters.

“Andrew Peng is a f***ing disgrace to the AAPI community and he should be shamed for throwing his own people down the gutter for political purposes,” he continued.

The ad includes images of internment camps and ends with Harris endorsing the content and message. However, critics—many of whom are Asian Americans—were not impressed with the Democratic nominee’s approach.

Virginia Republican Senate candidate Hung Cao, a Vietnamese immigrant whose family fled communist rule after the fall of Saigon, expressed concern. He argued that behind the Left’s rhetoric and fear-mongering against Trump lies a Democratic Party poised to turn the U.S. into the very nightmare that families like his escaped from.

“Nope, that’s not it. Americans of Asian heritage know full well what Kamala Harris would turn our country into: the places our families escaped from. That’s why we are supporting @realDonaldTrump,” he said.

Commentator Guy Benson weighed in as well, saying, “The Harris campaign is running an anti-Trump ad that flashes an image of an *internment camp* (created by a Democratic president, if we’re going there) and appears to blame Trump for the early-80s murder of an Asian man in Michigan. Astonishing demagoguery.”

“What an insane ad,” conservative commentator Steve Guest added. “Further, the fact Democrats don’t face more criticism all these years later for FDR’s internment camps is bananas too.”

“‘Only one party ever put people in internment camps. Guess which one?’ posted Bonchie from RedState, referencing the fact that Democrat President Franklin Delano Roosevelt authorized the Japanese internment camps.”

“These kind of ads are going to insult and repel Asian voters if anything else,” Joe Concha predicted. “I get politics can be dirty, but this is absolutely nauseating.”

In a Saturday press release, the Harris campaign announced that the ad would air in every battleground state, highlighting the “need to safeguard democracy and protect the fundamental rights of Asian American communities, who have historically faced vilification, exclusion, and marginalization.”

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