Foxenophobic News have once again treated the world to a warm display of tolerance — this time through use of anti-Chinese slurs.
Most certainly not scaremongering in the slightest, host Bob Beckel said during a broadcast of The Five that the "Chinese are the single biggest threat to the national security of the U.S... Do you know what we just did? As usual, we bring them over here and teach a bunch of Chinamen — err, Chinese people — how to do computers and then they go back to China and hack into us."
No amount of convenient backtracking could gloss over his comments, however, as California senator Ted Lieu has rallied for the host's resignation.
Lieu noted that this wasn't the first time Beckel has made derogatory comments about Chinese people: in 2013, Beckel said on The Five that after swimming once, his "eyes blew up" and "made him look Oriental."
Lieu expresses his outrage below:
"I am one of those 'Chinamen' with 'Oriental' eyes that immigrated to America and majored in computer science. I also served on active duty in the United States Air Force and continue to serve my country in the Reserves. And today, as an American and as a California State Senator, I call on Mr. Beckel to resign.
America is great because anyone can be an American. Our country is the strongest in the world because of our diversity. Unfortunately, Fox News host Bob Beckel does not understand what it means to be an American.
But Mr. Beckel's comments are more than just racist and stupid. His ignorant views are dangerous because it is precisely those types of extreme xenophobic and racist views that caused our government to massively violate constitutional rights during World War II and force more than 100,000 Americans into internment camps.
It is Mr. Beckel's extreme racist and xenophobic views that are a threat to the American people and he should resign now."
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