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2014-08-04 Home Front: Politix

After 'she is Asian' tweets about McConnell's wife, Dems piously rebuke operative

[WHAS11] As partisans prepared for the much anticipated Fancy Farm speeches Saturday afternoon, the Kentucky Democratic Party has delivered a sharp rebuke to a series of comments on Twitter from a Democratic operative who referenced the ethnicity of Elaine Chao, the wife of Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell.

Please define 'sharp rebuke'. If it doesn't involve the loss of job, then the rebuke isn't that sharp...

"Google Elaine Chao, #MitchMcConnell's wife," Groob tweeted Saturday morning. "No mention of Kentucky, she is Asian.

"She's not from Ky," Groob said in a reply to a tweet questioning her attack. "She is Asian and Bush openly touted that."

As the controversy grew on social media, a statement was released on the Kentucky Democratic Party's Twitter account, denouncing the comments.

"These comments are abhorrent and have no place in Kentucky politics. We strongly denounce them," the statement read.

"My sincere apologies for poor choice of words," Groob tweeted about 15 minutes later.

Though Groob has deleted the tweets which mentioned Chao's ethnicity, several others about Chao remain.

"If Mitch McConnell is going to bring his wife in the race, then her lack of KY status is fair game," Groob tweeted.

Posted by Fred 2014-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Keep classy donkeys.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-08-04 00:31|| 2014-08-04 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 When they piously rebuke their donk operatives, it means they really support the activity but it is election time. My aren't they the party of peace, love and sweet reason?

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-04 07:45|| 2014-08-04 07:45|| Front Page Top

#3 ..just ask their trolls who've pester Michelle Malkin for years with the usual racist crap. They'll tolerate any so vile as long as the can stuff the ballot box, just ask the Klan.

Posted by Prcopious2k 2014-08-04 08:43|| 2014-08-04 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Thankfully she's not a torah thumping gun owner.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-04 08:57|| 2014-08-04 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Not fans of the Asians are they? So why do the asians still vote for the creeps?

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-08-04 14:21|| 2014-08-04 14:21|| Front Page Top

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