U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn - campaigning for TN Governor on a platform that includes further expanding the state’s $300 million school voucher scheme - is out with an ad full of anti-Asian hate.
As the Nashville Scene notes, Blackburn has always been a racist.
Marsha Blackburn’s latest campaign ad has it all: stilted acting, unnatural movement and a ton of racist bullshit. In the ad, the Republican U.S. senator and leading gubernatorial candidate sits in a restaurant near a basket of fortune cookies and says she’ll protect Tennessee land from China and hunt down communists. She scowls at a camera and crumbles one cookie at a time (an inefficient way to destroy the famously brittle treat). The crushed fortune cookies for some reason reveal pro-Blackburn messaging, so it’s also hard to tell whose side the cookies are on.
But Blackburn, like all racists, doesn’t operate on logical consistency. She wants voters to be afraid of China and to believe the communists are coming for Tennessee land — and will reinforce it all with stereotypical imagery. The ad ends on a gong (groan) and shot of a waving lucky cat statue.
In case you are wondering who is backing Blackburn’s campaign, the most recently-filed report for pro-Blackburn PAC Team Tennessee has some answers.
Among the backers: General Motors, coming in with a brisk $15,000, and the CEO of Jimmy John’s, offering up a fresh $100,000.
So, whether you’re looking for a new Chevy or just want a sub for lunch, be aware that your dollars could well be on their way to Blackburn’s campaign coffers.
The crushed fortune cookies for some reason reveal pro-Blackburn messaging, so it’s also hard to tell whose side the cookies are on.
But Blackburn, like all racists, doesn’t operate on logical consistency. She wants voters to be afraid of China and to believe the communists are coming for Tennessee land — and will reinforce it all with stereotypical imagery. The ad ends on a gong (groan) and shot of a waving lucky cat statue.
Fuck Blackburn and TN, and GM and Jimmy John’s!!!