Posted on 08/28/2015 3:41:14 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Korean-American groups demanded Friday that Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush apologize for accusing Asian people of abusing the birthright citizenship law.
Bush made the accusation earlier this week in an apparent attempt to mollify Hispanic voters after coming under fire for using the term "anchor baby," which refers to children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents. The term is widely considered offensive by Hispanics.
Asked whether his use of the term would hurt his support among Hispanics, Bush said he was referring mostly to Asians.
On Friday, Korean-American organizations, including the Korean American Civic Empowerment, held a joint press conference in New York and demanded Bush offer an official apology for the "divisive" remark.
The remark raises questions about Bush's qualifications as a leader, they said, adding that it would be a misfortune for a candidate who openly makes remarks belittling Asian Americans to become president.
I think its pronounced, "CLINTON".
The only people ¡Yeb! won’t offend in this campaign are illegal aliens.....
Funny thing is, you know darn well they’ll get mad at him too as some point. There’s no pleasing those folks.
It’s really easy to dislike this guy Jeb. He’s against Natural-born American citizens and American workers in general.
Go pound kimchi ...
Not only does he have both feet firmly implanted in his mouth, he is now trying to insert a fist.
Go ahead and tell ‘em, Jeb. Charlie don’t get apology!
More whining. If I were Asian, I would just ignore it or look into the number of illegal Asians who had babies on our soil. Big deal.
Just another reason why our country is circling the bowl.
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