Mike Huckabee Slammed for Crass Tweet Saying He’ll ‘Identify as Chinese’ Amid Anti-Asian Hate Crimes: ‘Straight Racism, No Chaser’
Mike Huckabee is getting roundly ripped for a tweet Saturday saying he has “decided to ‘identify’ as Chinese.”
As Major League Baseball announced their decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to the state’s new voting restrictions, conservatives are raging against the MLB and other corporations that are moving business out of the state. As such, Huckabee decided to get in on the outrage by tweeting… this:
I’ve decided to ‘identify’ as Chinese. Coke will like me, Delta will agree with my ‘values’ and I’ll probably get shoes from Nike & tickets to MLB games. Ain’t America great?
I’ve decided to “identify” as Chinese. Coke will like me, Delta will agree with my “values” and I’ll probably get shoes from Nike & tickets to @MLB games. Ain’t America great?
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) April 3, 2021
Beyond the mockery of transgender people, Huckabee’s tweet comes as the country is seeing a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Here’s how he responded to one tweet calling him out:
Hi @BethMooreLPM I love you & appreciate your ministry. I don’t take Twitter or myself that seriously but I do take gospel seriously. I truly wish you only joy & continued blessings. May the power of the resurrection lift you to high places this Easter weekend my dear sister! https://t.co/VwFcAefden
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) April 4, 2021
A lot of people were much more direct, ripping him for his gross comment in the middle of Easter weekend.
Hey Mike Huckabee, I asked around and Coke likes me, Delta agrees with my values, I wear Nikes and my hometown Dodgers won the World Series.
But it’s not because of my ethnicity. It’s because I’m not a sh*thead like you who is adding fuel to anti-Asian hate.#StopAAPIHate https://t.co/Zs9spYu9GL
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 4, 2021
You’ve definitely “identified” yourself as a raging bigot, that’s for sure.
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) April 3, 2021
Elderly Asian women are getting beaten up on the street and you say this?
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) April 4, 2021
I remember when you used to pretend to be a Christian. Glad you finally gave that up.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) April 4, 2021
.@GovMikeHuckabee, I have decided to identify you as a hater of America, Democracy, and Decency and to simply identify you as an a– hole.
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) April 3, 2021
This type of ignorance and hate from a self-professed man of God … during #Easter weekend no less.
Is this what "Christian values" look like to you @GovMikeHuckabee? https://t.co/g4zjMZtQVB
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) April 4, 2021
I've decided to identify you as Racist! https://t.co/xtlKULdDGR
— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) April 3, 2021
No you’ve decided to *identify* as an “asshole." https://t.co/5mjvV1gMTi
— Young Daddy (@Toure) April 3, 2021
Anti-Asian hate crimes soaring and former GOP presidential candidate wannabe and top Trump ally tweets this: https://t.co/wGjti2zfYX
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 4, 2021
The Huckabee's (@GovMikeHuckabee & @SarahHuckabee) have used racist hate speech throughout their lives.
They desecrate the Christian religion they claim to uphold.
They are fake Christians driven by hate.
And only other fake Christians would follow these false preachers. https://t.co/Z1OlOxiYGS
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) April 4, 2021
This useless fucker started out awful and has now arrived at his last level: Straight racism, no chaser. Not even a joke in there worth fighting for. Just raw white resentment spattered out in a public forum. https://t.co/ocWnJv7NQh
— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 3, 2021
