Scott Wong

Scott Wong @scottwongDC

“It was important to have somebody in that ranking position who not only had the expertise ... but also who could push back at xenophobic rhetoric,” @RepJudyChu told me. “This committee could devolve into that ... when there is that xenophobic rhetoric, AAPIs pay the price.” — PolitiTweet.org

Scott Wong @scottwongDC

There are non-AAPI members who also want to be ranking member, like Slotkin. But one @CAPAC member put it to me this way: “If they did an Africa select committee, would we not pick an African American member? Think about that." — PolitiTweet.org