More than 400 API-Americans living in New York this week signed a letter against Yang’s candidacy and launched a website opposing him, saying representation “is simply not enough,”
NextShark reports.
“The letter cites Yang’s
Washington Post op-ed ‘urging’ Asian Americans to show their ‘American-ness’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic, his ‘anti-Black comments’ about applicants to his nonprofit Venture for America, and his recent absence in a progressive Muslim forum to appear in a conservative podcast,” according to
NextShark. “The group also criticizes the candidate for his pro-policing stances, including his call for increased funding for the Asian Hate Crimes Task Force instead of community-based alternatives.”