New York state senator shares racist voicemail he received
New York State Senator John Liu shared a hate-filled racist voicemail he received.
“John, you lost my vote, you fuc*ing ch*nk piece of sh*t,” the caller says. “You lost my whole family’s vote. You’re losing thousands of votes you fuc*ing a*shole. Go back fuc*ing China where you belong you fuc*ing useless piece of sh*t.”
“There were many times when doing door-to-door campaigning for the first time, I get the door slammed in my face and heard the person yell: ‘You think I’d ever vote a fuc*ing ch*nk? In more recent years, including when I was going door-to-door running for state Senate, it would be a little bit less explicit,” Senator Liu said in an interview with the Post. “These last couple of years, I’ve personally urged Asian Americans and anyone who has faced bigotry to not let it go unnoticed and to call it out. And I had to do the same, especially when it was so explicit like this,” Liu continued.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul tweeted in support of Liu after seeing the video saying, I’m so sorry you had to experience this, @liunewyork. This hateful, offensive language is unacceptable. We will always stand strong with our Asian American and Pacific Islander neighbors as we continue to combat hate and racism in New York State.”
Congresswoman Grace Meng said, “Unfortunately, not surprising but awful, disgusting and unacceptable.”
In 2018, Liu became the first Taiwan-born New York State Senator. Prior to that, he was the first Asian American New York City Council member and Comptroller.
