Elaine Chao decries ‘double standard’ on Asian American discrimination

Published May 20, 2021 9:31pm ET



Elaine Chao, former President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, accused Democrats of a “double standard” when it comes to racism against Asian Americans, which she said she has faced while in office and while on the campaign trail.

“It’s just so funny, you know, that the Democrats, who claim to be the purveyors of anti-discrimination, and they accuse others of racism, they are the ones who accuse me of divided loyalties,” Chao told the Washington Examiner. “They’re the ones who question my ethnicity, question my patriotism, question the patriotism of my family and my husband.”

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