{"id":524612,"date":"2022-12-10T02:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-why-democrats-are-losing-asian-voters\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T02:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:23:32","slug":"heres-why-democrats-are-losing-asian-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-why-democrats-are-losing-asian-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"#Here&#8217;s why Democrats are losing Asian voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e1a2e7dbb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-why-democrats-are-losing-asian-voters\/#%E2%80%9CHeres_why_Democrats_are_losing_Asian_voters%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Here&#8217;s why Democrats are losing Asian voters&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHeres_why_Democrats_are_losing_Asian_voters%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Here&#8217;s why Democrats are losing Asian voters&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>If you have any doubts about what kind of hate is acceptable in this town, consider Thursday\u2019s City Council committee hearing on Intro 632, Majority Leader Keith Powers\u2019 bill to ban landlords from asking about prospective tenants\u2019 criminal histories \u2014 which saw blatant anti-Asian slurs go unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>The council gave four critics of the bill (two of them Asian Americans) a chance to point out the obvious problems \u2014 for example, that\u00a0<em>existing<\/em>\u00a0tenants have an interest in not sharing a building with, say, someone who\u2019s just done time for violent crime or theft.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the chairwoman, Councilwoman Nantasha Williams, politely noted, \u201cI respectfully disagree with some of the things you said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But then came four\u00a0<em>supporters<\/em>\u00a0of the bill, one of them \u2014 wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned \u201cVocal New York,\u201d the name of a hard-left activist group \u2014\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RezaC1\/status\/1600980475907932160\">proceeded to call<\/a>\u00a0the prior testimony \u201cgarbage\u201d and \u201cracist,\u201d going on to say that Asian Americans aren\u2019t real New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/anti-asian-council-421-1.jpg?w=833\" alt=\"Natansha Williams\" class=\"wp-image-24963580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/anti-asian-council-421-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1250 1249w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/anti-asian-council-421-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=833 833w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/anti-asian-council-421-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=417 416w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/anti-asian-council-421-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\"\/><figcaption>Natansha Williams didn\u2019t bother to condemn comments from Intro 632\u2019s supporters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want black people to live in black people\u2019s neighborhood,\u201d he proclaimed. \u201cIt\u2019s not their neighborhood \u2014 they from China, Hong Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least three council members \u2014 Williams (D-Queens), Powers (D-Manhattan) and Alexa Avil\u00e9s (D-B\u2019klyn) \u2014 heard those remarks, but not one bothered to condemn them, either in the moment or after the panel finished.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder Democrats are losing Asian voters.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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