For those who don’t know, I’m from Missouri, and yes, he’s as much of an asshat as the national media makes him out to be.
Debate prompt: I think the vote on this bill proves that both parties see Asian-Americans as very much in play, even if they’re a relatively small electoral minority, and even if it’s also just bad politics to vote against any kind of hate crimes bill. While this may seem obvious in hindsight, try the alternate history headline on for size: “Republicans filibuster anti-Asian-Americans hate crime legislation”. Doesn’t seem all that implausible, no? Especially with the pushback we got from them over the string of anti-Asian-American hate crimes recently.
Thursday Debate Thread
Thursday Debate Thread
Thursday Debate Thread
Way to embarrass us again, Josh.
Debate prompt: I think the vote on this bill proves that both parties see Asian-Americans as very much in play, even if they’re a relatively small electoral minority, and even if it’s also just bad politics to vote against any kind of hate crimes bill. While this may seem obvious in hindsight, try the alternate history headline on for size: “Republicans filibuster anti-Asian-Americans hate crime legislation”. Doesn’t seem all that implausible, no? Especially with the pushback we got from them over the string of anti-Asian-American hate crimes recently.