Washtenaw: Hoekstra

Talking Points Memo reports that Washtenaw County commissioner Alicia Ping, a Republican and American of Asian descent, is endorsing Clark Durant, an opponent of former Rep. Pete Hoekstra in the U.S. Senate GOP primary following Hoekstra’s controversial Super Bowl ad. TPM quotes Ping: “If he didn’t know it was racist on some level, then shame on him. He didn’t apologize or say ‘maybe it was over the top’ or anything. He said, ‘I stand by what I believe in’ and, ‘the liberals are just making a bigger thing out of it.’ Well that’s not the case at all. It’s offensive and it’s racist. It’s demeaning to the Asian-American population.” [Source]