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发信人: HIFU (花里胡哨), 信区: USANews
标 题: GOP开始拉拢华裔选民？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Dec 26 11:37:21 2013, 美东)
Why Is the GOP Honoring the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
by Julianne Hing, Wednesday, December 18 2013, 3:05 PM EST
Who knew the GOP cares about the shameful legacy of the Chinese Exclusion
Act? The short answer: when votes are at stake. In a video House Republicans
released Wednesday, six lawmakers—Reps. Lynn Jenkins, Jeff Denham, Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, Renee Ellmers, Cynthia Lummis and Frank Wolf—honored the 70th
anniversary of the repeal of the nation’s first immigration law to single
out for exclusion a single ethnic or racial group. But there’s no mention
of that history in the video.
Instead, they offer stock platitudes. “Today we honor and recognize the
hard work and perseverance of the Chinese-American community across the
nation…as we continue to build on our shared goal of an America that is
rich in opportunity and freedom,” lawmakers say in the video.
Ros-Lehtinen and Denham did sign on this fall to a comprehensive immigration
reform bill, but don’t mistake the video for a change of heart in the
party’s current stance on immigration either. Count it as just the most
recent in a line of Republicans’ not-so-secret overtures to Asian-American
voters. Earlier this year, the GOP issued a public statement recognizing
Diwali, the Los Angeles Times reported.
To Republicans, Asian Americans are an especially attractive but elusive
voting bloc. They’re not only the fastest-growing segment of the U.S.
population, they’re seen as a natural fit for the Republican party. Some
segments of the Asian-American population are comparatively wealthier than
other racial groups in the U.S. and are seen as fiscally and socially
conservative. But it hasn’t translated into votes. In the 2012 election, 77
percent of Asian-American voters voted for Barack Obama, and support for
the Democratic president swung upwards of 95 percent for some segments of
the population. It turns out that Asian-American voters care deeply about
immigration, and are paying attention to how both parties handle the issue.
发信人: HIFU (花里胡哨), 信区: USANews
标 题: GOP开始拉拢华裔选民？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Dec 26 11:37:21 2013, 美东)
Why Is the GOP Honoring the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
by Julianne Hing, Wednesday, December 18 2013, 3:05 PM EST
Who knew the GOP cares about the shameful legacy of the Chinese Exclusion
Act? The short answer: when votes are at stake. In a video House Republicans
released Wednesday, six lawmakers—Reps. Lynn Jenkins, Jeff Denham, Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, Renee Ellmers, Cynthia Lummis and Frank Wolf—honored the 70th
anniversary of the repeal of the nation’s first immigration law to single
out for exclusion a single ethnic or racial group. But there’s no mention
of that history in the video.
Instead, they offer stock platitudes. “Today we honor and recognize the
hard work and perseverance of the Chinese-American community across the
nation…as we continue to build on our shared goal of an America that is
rich in opportunity and freedom,” lawmakers say in the video.
Ros-Lehtinen and Denham did sign on this fall to a comprehensive immigration
reform bill, but don’t mistake the video for a change of heart in the
party’s current stance on immigration either. Count it as just the most
recent in a line of Republicans’ not-so-secret overtures to Asian-American
voters. Earlier this year, the GOP issued a public statement recognizing
Diwali, the Los Angeles Times reported.
To Republicans, Asian Americans are an especially attractive but elusive
voting bloc. They’re not only the fastest-growing segment of the U.S.
population, they’re seen as a natural fit for the Republican party. Some
segments of the Asian-American population are comparatively wealthier than
other racial groups in the U.S. and are seen as fiscally and socially
conservative. But it hasn’t translated into votes. In the 2012 election, 77
percent of Asian-American voters voted for Barack Obama, and support for
the Democratic president swung upwards of 95 percent for some segments of
the population. It turns out that Asian-American voters care deeply about
immigration, and are paying attention to how both parties handle the issue.
