For the H.M.I.C., the “baseless, dangerous and defamatory attacks” against Representative Chu are in the same vein as those that lead to the internment camps that detained “disloyal” Japenese Americans during World War II.
Judy Chu has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2009. She currently serves as the representative for California’s 28th congressional district in Los Angeles, California. She is currently under attack for her heritage as a Chinese American – and a monument to the shameful treatment of Asian Americans has something to say about it.
Recently, Texas Representative Lance Gooden said he was “disappointed and shocked that someone like Judy Chu would have a security clearance and be entitled to confidential intelligence briefings.” The statements stem from Chu’s support of Dominic Ng, President Biden’s nominee for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. Gooden accuses Ng of having ties to China.
Chu herself, many House Democrats, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus have condemned Gooden’s comments, calling it xenophobic and exacerbating an unfortunate trend of anti-Asian discrimination and violence in the United States. Gooden has defended and doubled down on his comments, saying he is “standing up to China” and that Chu is harboring “disloyalty to our nation.”
Democrat @RepJudyChu:
Voted AGAINST committee to investigate China.
Named ‘Honorary Chairwoman’ of CCP front group.
It’s not ‘xenophobic’ to question where her loyalty lies.https://t.co/Pu8bQKzFJQ
— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) February 27, 2023
Courtesy Heart Mountain Interpretive Center
On Thursday, March 9, the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center released a statement in defense of Chu. The statement in its entirety is published below:
Eighty-one years ago, 120,000 people of Japanese descent were incarcerated without evidence, because opportunistic politicians used their ethnicity to question their…
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