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Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao breaks silence on Trump’s racist ‘chow chow’ nickname for her
NY Post ^ | 01-26-2023 | Isabel Keane

Posted on 01/26/2023 7:28:25 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Former transportation secretary Elaine Chao fired back at former President Trump for his racist remarks about her — insisting his attacks reveal “a whole lot more about him than it will ever say about Asian Americans.”

Chao, 69 — who has been frequently been referred to by the former president as “Coco Chow” — issued the rare rebuke of the former president on Tuesday.

“When I was young, some people deliberately misspelled or mispronounced my name,” Chao, who was born in Taiwan, said in a statement to Politico. “Asian Americans have worked hard to change that experience for the next generation.

“He doesn’t seem to understand that, which says a whole lot more about him than it will ever say about Asian Americans,” she continued.

The missive comes after Trump taunted Chao on Monday with the racist nickname as he accused her and her husband, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of being linked to President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.

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KEYWORDS: chao; chicomlobbyist; chowchow; karencalling; lovemitchlongtime; mcconnells; murdoch; namecalling; racist; trump
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To: skeeter
"A nickname from a guy who gives everyone a nickname is far worse than selling out your own country for Chinese scrilla."

She worked in George W. Bush's administration too, and everyone knows he liked to give nicknames to people. I wonder what George's nickname for Chao was. Chow Mein? Chow Chow, after the Chinese dog breed?

21 posted on 01/26/2023 7:44:17 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: skeeter

Is her skin as thick as Trumps? Asking for a friend.


22 posted on 01/26/2023 7:45:15 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: ChicagoConservative27

23 posted on 01/26/2023 7:45:56 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told Politico that the former president’s criticism of Chao was related to her family’s potential financial conflicts, not race.

“People should stop feigning outrage and engaging in controversies that exist only in their heads,” Cheung said. “What’s actually concerning is her family’s deeply troubling ties to Communist China, which has undermined American economic and national security.”


from the article. Repeat and challenge any statement by the left LOUD and OFTEN.


24 posted on 01/26/2023 7:46:06 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: JonPreston
Better yet...I eat this stuff with a spoon, right out of the jar.


25 posted on 01/26/2023 7:46:56 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Trump should have gone to the Democrats well worn invectives:

“Chao is Hitler and worse than Watergate.”

26 posted on 01/26/2023 7:57:04 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater 2024)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Rupert Murdoch has become a Never Trumper and is supporting DeSantis in 2024.
27 posted on 01/26/2023 8:07:24 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: mass55th

You may have swerved into the real reason Putin invaded Ukraine. His feelings are still hurt because Bush’s nickname for him was Pooty Poot.


28 posted on 01/26/2023 8:14:21 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Not racist, but typical of a high-school kid.


29 posted on 01/26/2023 8:14:23 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: JonPreston

Cat Chow


30 posted on 01/26/2023 8:15:00 AM PST by Enterprise
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You don’t understand Asians. With this Trump has alienated many.

And he can’t afford to lose any.


31 posted on 01/26/2023 8:17:37 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Leaning Right

Back in 2013 Coco Chao was a guest on a talk show in the PRC called ‘Voice”. Her comments on it, in Mandarin, could be construed by some as treasonous. An eye opener.


32 posted on 01/26/2023 8:19:30 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Socon-Econ

Trumps message is that chao is a traitor, just like
Coco Channel..,

“ Chanel stayed in France and was criticized during the war for collaborating with the Nazi-German occupiers and the Vichy puppet regime to boost her professional career.

“ In 2011, Hal Vaughan published a book about Chanel based on newly declassified documents, revealing that she had collaborated directly with the Nazi intelligence service, the Sicherheitsdienst. One plan in late 1943 was for her to carry an SS peace overture to Churchill to end the war.[8]

Coco Chow is also a China collaborator - married to a U.S. Senator to influence.

Excellent nickname.


33 posted on 01/26/2023 8:21:24 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe she could write a cookbook?


34 posted on 01/26/2023 8:25:32 AM PST by Migraine
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To: Socon-Econ

noun

“A word forming part of the names of many places in China, indicating either a prefecture or district of the second rank or the chief city of such a district: thus, Ning-hai-chow may mean either the district of Ning-hai or the city of Ning-hai. Sometimes spelled chao, chau, and choo.”

Coco Chow’s loyalties are to China and not the USA


35 posted on 01/26/2023 8:25:56 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In 2002, I worked with her for a few days in Dallas. She’s as mashed potatoes as her husband is.


36 posted on 01/26/2023 8:26:25 AM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

China Mitch should resign.


37 posted on 01/26/2023 8:27:04 AM PST by bray ("The Republic of Texas" explains everything )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Over sensitive people tend to always whine the most.


38 posted on 01/26/2023 8:32:23 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Chow chow is a southern type of relish, cabbage based and sold in southern grocery stores and usually located on the pickle aisle.


39 posted on 01/26/2023 8:34:41 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Chow chow is a southern type of relish, cabbage based and sold in southern grocery stores and usually located on the pickle aisle.


40 posted on 01/26/2023 8:34:43 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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