A California Democratic congressional candidate’s reported demeaning remarks about his Republican incumbent opponent like “you kind of need an interpreter” to understand her, proved telling as to what progressive politicians really think about women and immigrants after offering defense instead of an apology.
Jay Chen, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, business owner and liberal activist, has seen fit to attack Rep. Michelle Steel over who she is rather than what she believes. Steel, who is a first-term congresswoman, was elected to represent California’s 48th District but has been redistricted into what is believed to be the more Democrat-friendly 45th District.
She also happens to have been born in Seoul, South Korea.
While speaking at an April 7 event at the Congregation B’nai Tzedek synagogue in Fountain Valley, CA, Chen addressed Steel’s heavy Korean accent head-on.
.@jfchen mocking @RepSteel's accent: "You kind of need an interpreter to figure out exactly what she’s saying. The more she speaks, the better for us.”
Will Chen apologize for his horrendous comments?
>>> https://t.co/Jg0tGah9Tr pic.twitter.com/icCExcV4Jh
— Torunn Sinclair (@TorunnSinclair) April 13, 2022
“We…yeah, so she just had another town hall the other day. And, umm, it’s tough,” Chen said. “Like, we’ve transcribed it. You kind of need an interpreter to figure out exactly what she’s saying.”
“The more she speaks,” he added, “the better for us.”
After receiving backlash for his remark, Chen’s campaign released a statement to Fox News Digital where he played the victim, explaining his own background as a child of Taiwanese immigrants and that his father “would never get the promotion” he deserved because he was Asian.
“It’s disgusting the Michelle Steel and Kevin McCarthy are slinging false and hateful attacks to distract from their own lies,” Chen’s campaign countered. “Steel opposed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and then lied to her constituents, touting the very investments she voted against. She claims she is tough on China, but voted against legislation that will empower America to compete on the global stage. Again and again, Michelle Steel gets caught in a web of her own hypocrisy because she works for McCarthy, not for us.”
Chen brought up House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for his statement calling out Democrats for not reprimanding Chen, saying, “The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) need to immediately disavow and remove Jay Chen from their ‘Red to Blue’ program in light of his racist attack on Rep. Michelle Steel. Disgraceful remarks like those uttered by Jay Chen have no place in our nation’s political discourse and the DCCC must act unless they approve of these racist remarks.”
What’s worse is this was not the first time Chen had made such belittling comments.
During a Zoom call in March, Chen referred to Steel as “incoherent” and alleged she was incapable of thinking for herself, instead relying on talking points from her husband, Shawn Steel, a Republican National Committee Executive Committee member.
That reality did not stop the DCCC from stepping in to defend Chen. National Review reported on a statement from Mandy Mundy, a DCCC spokeswoman who said, “This is just more gaslighting and deception from [McCarthy] who has handed over the keys to his caucus to white supremacists and advocates of racist replacement theory.”
“Michelle Steel needs to explain to Orange County families why she says she wants to lower health care costs yet voted against capping insulin at $35, and why she says she wants to create American jobs but voted against a job-creating bill that will help us out-compete China,” Mundy went on. “Steel says one thing at home and does another in Washington, which is why Orange County voters can’t trust her.”
A spokesperson for Steel told Fox News, “America is a country built on immigrants. Michelle Steel is a first-generation Korean American who speaks English as her third language, and these despicable, racist comments from Jay Chen have absolutely no place in our community. Chen owes everyone an explanation, particularly following recent reports he continues backing the Chinese Communist Party’s Confucius Institutes in our educational system.”
Confucius Institutes have cropped up in schools all around the United States and demand direct control over materials taught by the Chinese Communist Party. For her part, Steel has not resorted to in-kind attacks and, instead, posted her hope that this can be a teachable moment.
My accent is my story. I am hopeful that people will see Mr. Chen’s comments and have a better understanding of what so many immigrants experience regularly. We can learn from this. We can do better, and we must.https://t.co/hoyxXnA7wC
— Michelle Steel (@MichelleSteelCA) April 15, 2022
“My accent is my story,” she wrote on Twitter. “I am hopeful that people will see Mr. Chen’s comments and have a better understanding of what so many immigrants experience regularly. We can learn from this. We can do better, and we must.”
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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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17 thoughts on “California Dem congressional candidate mocks GOP Rep’s accent: ‘You kind of need an interpreter’”
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Californians get what they vote for. Their beautiful state is smoldering in fire and washing away in government hand-outs of heroin and cocaine. Plus, they allow the homeless to defecate on their sidewalks, others to smash and grab from their police defunded cities, as well as, let those who commit felonies back out on the streets to delve out more injustices. They can either put their Chen straps on or develop some Steel in their backbones.
Proving once again only Demos can be racist and get away with it
Yet again…. proving the woke democrats are the true intolerant racists.
Imagine the blowback if a Republican had said the misogynist things democrat Jay Chen said.
We know how Dems put bills forward with their hidden caveats. I wouldn’t have voted for any of their bills. They are just pure evil destruction when they are in charge. Their well-known name is The Party of Hate, KKK, segregation, and slavery. As far as Mrs. Steel, this Chen racist would probably attack a person who has a handicap too and blame it on the handicap. They are what they project, hate.
I can’t understand what Chen is saying.
My wife speaks with accented English. But instead of mocking her, it reminds me that she speaks twice as many languages as I do.
Someone should remind this bum Chen that we need an interpreter for Biden, Harris and Pelosi. English is their first language, but the can’t string intelligible sentences together.
All Pelosi seems to be able todo is drink a lot, wring her hands when Biden speaks and tear up gov docs. when its Trump speaking and harbour false allegations against people she doesnt endorse or like.
In his defense, democrats are known more for their crassness (they call it “tolerance”) than their respect for others. Not that it excuses his hypocrisy in the least.
What a misogynistic brat! His parents were first generation and likely were difficult for some to understand, as well. And then to infer she was being fed info by her husband was the ultimate insult. Does he think ALL married women rely on their husbands to have opinions? Jerk. Not at all what the progressives and the Left want us to believe about them, is it? Showing their true colors.
Let’s face it…all dems are racist, regardless of their race.
Chen, I’ll bet your ancestors had somewhat of an accent too. Time to denounce them.
Chen will get buried like the POS he is.
Mr. Chen sounds like a real Unflushable. Hopefully he will lose big-time in November.
Have you ever noticed that Those who Scream racist the Loudest Are The Biggest Racist????
demoncrat party are Liars and Deceivers
One can only hope he’ll be slammed in Nov. A real knucklehead it is.