Was Donald Trump being racist when he called Mitch McConnell's wife, "Coco Chow"?

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Former President Donald Trump called current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao “Coco Chow” in a Friday Truth Social post. As of Saturday morning, it had more than 17,000 likes.

“He has a DEATH WISH,” said Trump of McConnell, a fellow Republican who represents Kentucky in the Senate. “Must immediately seek help and advise from his China loving wife, Coco Chow!”

Is this racist? VOTE!

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

It can be labeled as racist it could be labeled as rude it could be labeled as arrogant it can be labeled as he's a dick all he's doing is proving to everybody who he really truly is and he thinks that he is King and better than everybody else in this world and just because he says it he believes everybody should go along with it and for all the people that follow him and want to be just like him I hope you end up in the same place that he ends up because he has changed the world and made it at worst place to live because of his arrogancy is rudeness he could have said a million other things but he decided that he had to put somebody else down so that's what he did to me that's not a leader that is somebody that I do not want to represent me in any manner or fashion

BeenThereLovedIt · Accepted Answer

the racism was a combo punch, the way he worded the first hit was 'china-loving wife', not 'china, loving wife'. The second hit was using 'coco' as a pet name, it's indirect, so by itself can't pass the racism test, and the same goes with 'china loving wife' where he could just argue a comma her or there would fix the error and then go on a rant about grammar nazis and woke culture.

Easy to dissect, impossible to convince a follower. I mean, how many broken laws and how many people does this guy gotta screw over before the remainder smell the sewage? He's been openly racist for decades, but the worst part is, that's not even in the top 10 of his worst traits.

mandyfire98 · Accepted Answer

I mean, calling her coco chow when he knows her name isn't coco chow? It sounds pretty racist to me. He called her coco chow. He's making fun of her last name being Chinese. Which means he's making fun of her for being Chinese. That's racism isn't it? Isn't that text book example.

misfittoy · Accepted Answer

as a mixed Asian, i find all the political dysfunction with all parties hilarious. just waiting for someone to throw a wig or a chair at some point.

DJB72 · Answer

He's a bigot. Race, disability, religion, gender. It's all the same to him.

I'd love to be able to sit him down and explain to him in small words the importance of not being a racist, sexist, xenophobic, ablist fuckwit...

Maybe "words" aren't totally necessary to get through to him.

priddseren · Answer

No. Trump may be name calling, rude or whatever but not racist. A search on Google and other sites reveals no past use of the term coco to mean some sort of racial slur against any race let alone chinese looking people. The claim of racism is entirely fabricated, made up by left wing media because their narrative claims Trump is a racist but he inconveniently isn't a racist so they latch on to anything where they can make a claim. The only time this word coco appears linked to racism is over the last day as left wing media attempts to pretend it is racist. He was name calling, much like Joe Bribem Biden, Joe O'Biden, the barackalypse, Cocaine McConnell, DubYa. Dumpf. Name calling among the political class and of them is fairly normal and go back 100 years or more and it was worse.

loveslongnails · Answer

I've come to believe that the Orange Man may only be racist in this sense: There's me, and there's everyone else. If you're NOT me, which of course you can't be because I'm the only one, then you are incompetent and below me, no matter what race or color you are. So, everyone sucks except me, including my kids but they suck a little bit less, except for my daughter, who's fucking hot!

Sixgunsound · Answer

I don’t think anybody will ever give him points for being a polished speaker, but he does say a lot of things that chickenshits in politics or media don’t have the courage to. She has been abusing her husbands position for China’s gain for decades.

normalice · Answer

Obviously. However, to a guy like Trump racism is a useful tool more so than something he actually believes or cares about. Not that he isn't racist, but his racism is nothing compared to how racist he imagines his supporters to be.

Summeroflove · Answer

It was not racist. Bitch McConnell is a establishment and his wife is probably a spy. Nothing against Asians as a whole.

But the fact he had her in his cabinet and as transportation secretary is bullshit.

OddBeMe · Answer

Thing about racist jokes is it has to be funny. Silverman had this issue early on:

RangerBlue22 · Answer

Liberals secretly love Trump more than conservatives do. It gives them someone to bitch about and to get the negative attention off the senile calamity disaster Biden is.

smilelots · Answer

He is a ass no way around that and yes he should apologize to her and every one he offended with his words. im sure there are lot of people out there he need to do that for.

MiseriaCantareAFI · Answer

Trump, who thought 4 black guys and a mexican raped a woman in central park when it was a white man who did it all along (scientific evidence, and the guy admitted it). That trump?

BlacklightShade · Answer

McConnell can't control the monster he created.

Googlemyahoo · Answer

I’m sure people have heard the tale of the boy who cried wolf.

These days lunatics cry racism so much its like the boy who cried wolf. Nobody cares anymore the word has been devalued, delegitimized.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Sounds racist. He needs to apologize to Elaine Chao.

BigOleMatt · Answer

So from the different articles I've come across he's far from racist but does give comments that appear to seem racist. He also puts in effort most of us wouldn't even think of because he has the ability to do so.

msc545 · Answer

Trump is a racist who thinks being a racist is ok. He never apologizes for anything.

jshm2 · Answer

Isn't Orange Donald trying to sue CNN for saying similar things about him?

genericname85 · Answer

i think we all know that trump isn't fluent in "political correctness", which in my opinion is not a language anyone really needs.

Friendlybro79 · Answer

I hope Trump gets 20 years in a federal pound you in the ass prison. He's so annoying.

CA4444 · Answer

Very personal attacks

RolandCuthbert · Answer

I have no idea. I am not Elaine Chao. Nor do I identify as Asian or Asian-American.

Was Donald Trump being racist when he called Mitch McConnell's wife, "Coco Chow"?

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