Harris-Walz campaign blames Trump for rise in anti-Asian hate

Republicans used to portray themselves as law-and-order proponents but that image is being shattered by a new ad from the Kamala Harris and Tim Walz campaign.

“While Trump fanned the flames of hate and failed to protect our communities during his presidency, Kamala Harris has spent her career tackling crime and working to keep us safe,” said Andrew Peng, Harris-Walz Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander spokesperson Andrew. 

“As Vice President, she has spearheaded some of the largest investments in public safety ever—enacting landmark legislation to combat anti-Asian hate crimes, confronting the gun violence epidemic, and delivering $15 billion to support local law enforcement. 

During the pandemic, Trump's use of racist slrs in describing COVID because it originiated in China, was largely responsible for the rise in attacks against all Asians, by dehumanizing them and giving tacit permission to act out racist beliefs..

Today, Team Harris-Walz is launching “Numbers,” its latest television and digital ad aimed at reaching Asian American voters across the battleground states. The 30-second spot focuses on Donald Trump’s legacy of increased crime and anti-Asian hate versus Vice President Kamala Harris’ lifelong work to advance public safety, which has helped reduce violent crime to a 50-year low.

In the last year of the Trump presidency, homicides in the US in 2020 increased nearly 30% over the previous year, the largest one-year jump since the FBI began keeping records, according to the FBI.” 

Meanwhile, an analysis from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, found hate crimes targeting Asian Americans in 16 of America’s largest cities surged by nearly 150 percent during Trump’s last year in office.

The "Numbers" ad

“Numbers” is part of Team Harris-Walz’s unprecedented $370 million investment in TV, radio, and digital reservations through Election Day and represents the campaign’s fifth major paid media blitz targeting Asian American voters in key states since August. 

Starting this week, the spot will blanket nearly 70 community-serving broadcast outlets and a broad array of digital channels, including Meta, Snap, YouTube, connected TV, iHeartRadio, and Pandora. The Harris-Walz campaign will continue to release a flurry of digital, TV, radio, and print ads sharing Vice President Harris’ vision for a New Way Forward directly with Asian American voters.

"As President, (Vice President Harris) will never stop fighting for the right of every American to live with dignity, safety, and justic,. said Peng.”

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