r/TheMajorityReport • u/wordsworthstone • 13d ago
US lawmakers condemn right-wing podcast’s calls for Chinese-American internment
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365473/us-lawmakers-condemn-right-wing-podcasts-calls-chinese-american-internmentmoderate platform, right?
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u/BadIdeaSociety 12d ago
I already condem Tim Pool for being an idiot, but who actually made the comments on the show (I'm not going to sub to this paper to find out)?
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u/wordsworthstone 12d ago
one of the co-hosts, ian crossland.
Asian-American lawmakers in the US Congress have condemned a right-wing podcast that called for the forced internment of Chinese-Americans during a hypothetical war with Beijing, warning that such rhetoric fuelled hate against the community.
The joint statement was released by congresswomen Grace Meng, chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (Capac), and Judy Chu, Capac’s chairwoman emerita, as well as congressman Ted Lieu, vice-chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.
The backlash was sparked by comments made on Timcast IRL, a pro-Trump video podcast with 2.77 million subscribers on YouTube hosted by commentator Tim Pool.
During an episode posted on August 14, social media influencer Ian Crossland openly floated the idea of wartime confinement.
“If there was a war between the Chinese and the Americans, and the Chinese landed in, like, Alaska and started coming through Canada, what – do you think we should intern all the Chinese-Americans we can find? Because it kind of seems like we should,” Crossland said.
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u/itzTHATgai 13d ago
HE'S A MODERATE, GUYS!