Sunday, March 3, 2013

"Racial Slurs" Aimed at Senate Rep. Leader's Wife; Sen. Mitch McConnell Rips Liberal Group's Bias

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky lambasted a liberal group yesterday (March 2, 2013) for criticizing the Asian heritage of his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, calling its Twitter messages "racial slurs" and "the ultimate outrage," according to the USA Today website.

McConnell forcefully defended Chao, who was born on the island of Taiwan and who moved to the U.S. as an 8-year-old with her family aboard a freight ship.

"This woman has the ear of (at)McConnellPress -- she's his (hash)wife," the group Progress Kentucky tweeted on February 14. "May explain why your job moved to (hash)China!"

Progress Kentucky removed the offending comments from Twitter after Louisville public radio station WFPL-FM aired reports about them. Also, the group issued two apologies over the past week for what it described as "inappropriate tweets sent by our organization."

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