AAPIs & Friends for American Democracy - Midwest/Great Lakes

04/23/2020

Over two dozen Senate Democrats signed a letter to President Trump concerning the rise in anti-Asian bias during the COVID-19 pandemic.

04/22/2020

AAPI in America.

I’ve learned that a moment always comes along to remind you that your race defines you above all else.

04/06/2020

https://www.gq.com/story/go-big-democrats

With a looming depression and escalating pandemic, Democrats have enormous leverage. They must use it to save us.

03/01/2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-lawmakers-urge-congress-members-stop-spreading-coronavirus-misinformation-n1145581

“The best way to stop the spread of coronavirus is to wash your hands, not perpetuate racist stereotypes,” reads a letter sent from the Asian American caucus to fellow Congress members.

02/23/2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/andrew-yang-s-run-over-its-significance-asian-americans-will-n1135446

“The optics of an Asian American candidate commanding such widespread support, both in rallies and on social media, signals to aspiring Asian American politicians that there is a pathway for them,” one sociologist said.

02/23/2020

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/02/12/we-count-voter-series-nevada-orig-jm.cnn

Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders now account for roughly 10% of the 3 million people who live in Nevada. Democrat party leaders in the state are working to court the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities that make up one of Nevada's fastest-growing voting blocs.

01/26/2020

Andrew Yang has qualified.

The DNC will allow candidates who wins at least one pledged delegate from Iowa to participate.

01/24/2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/exclusive-constance-wu-celeste-ng-prominent-asian-americans-endorse-elizabeth-n1120721

More than 100 Asian American and Pacific Islander creatives, activists, and academics endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate in an exclusive statement on Thursday.

01/24/2020

https://medium.com/yappie/exclusive-bloomberg-taps-apiavote-field-director-to-lead-aapi-outreach-fa547b65d800

Andrew Yang’s former deputy finance director has also joined the campaign as it looks to win over Asian American voters

01/24/2020

https://news.yahoo.com/public-servants-trump-smeared-human-183752458.html

The nonpartisan career officials who testified against President Trump during the impeachment hearings are Time magazine’s 2019 “Guardians of the Year.”

11/24/2019

https://www.thenation.com/article/bloomington-indiana-farmers-market-white-supremacy/

An Indiana city learns that a weak response to white supremacists has predictable consequences.

11/16/2019

"He concocted an entire person" anti-Chinese rhetoric such as "Chinese hordes" - - on a trusted Trump economic advisor to China.

The revelations have infuriated the Chinese government, which accused the US of peddling "extremely dangerous" lies about its economic rival.