Harris ad suggests Trump will send Asians back to interment camps

The Harris-Walz run rolled retired a caller TV and integer advertisement connected Saturday invoking nan internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and different acts of anti-Asian hate, comparing them to erstwhile President Donald Trump.

In nan 30-second ad, titled "Our America," nan Harris run accuses Trump of having an "outdated imagination of America" that "has nary place" for Asian Americans. 

The advertisement features symbols of American freedom, including nan Constitution, purportedly "under onslaught by Trump and his extremist allies," nan Harris run said successful a news release.

The Harris-Walz run rolled retired a caller TV and integer advertisement connected Saturday invoking nan internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and different acts of anti-Asian hate. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, left, Harris-Walz campaign, center, Amil Krzaczynski/AFP right.)

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The advertisement "alludes to moments erstwhile Asian Americans were denied their civilian authorities – specified arsenic nan wide incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II and nan 1982 execution of Vincent Chin successful Detroit," nan run said. 

"We person a prime betwixt personification who wants unchecked powerfulness and has an outdated imagination of America that has nary spot for us… Or a president who will respect each Americans, who will ne'er position america arsenic ‘others,’" nan narrator says. 

"Protect our populist and our communities. Vote."

The advertisement features men, women and children of Asian descent, including a purported Iraq War seasoned giving a salute. The video is appearing connected tv successful battleground states arsenic good arsenic crossed an array of integer channels for illustration Meta, Snap, YouTube and radio, nan Harris-Walz run says.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine a rally successful Houston connected Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, sent astir 117,000 group of Japanese descent to internment camps, nan mostly of whom were American citizens. 

Roosevelt issued an executive bid connected Feb. 19 of that year, coming 2 months aft nan Japanese onslaught connected Pearl Harbor. When nan internees were taken to nan camps, they could bring only what they could carry.

Nine of nan camps were unopen down by nan extremity of 1945 pursuing a Supreme Court decision, pinch nan last campy closing successful March 1946. 

Chin, 27, was an American draftsman of Chinese descent who was fatally assaulted in San Francisco successful a racially motivated battle by 2 White men pursuing a conflict astatine a portion club. Federal authorities said 2 autoworkers blamed Chin for layoffs astatine car factories owed to Japanese imports. 

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After Chin near nan club, nan 2 men tracked him down astatine a fast-food eatery and attacked him, authorities said. Chin later died astatine a hospital.

There was a crisp summation nationwide successful anti-Asian dislike crimes pinch nan onset of nan pandemic and nan advertisement seeks to nexus these attacks to Trump pinch #StopAsianHate posters being broadcast down a group of children.

The caller advertisement comes arsenic Vice President Kamala Harris ramps up her attacks connected erstwhile President Donald Trump, calling him "increasingly unhinged and unstable" arsenic good arsenic a "fascist" earlier this week. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

"The prime for Asian American voters successful this predetermination couldn’t beryllium clearer. While Trump surrounds himself pinch loyalists to emulate nan dictators he admires and intends to wield unchecked powerfulness to service himself, Vice President Kamala Harris has only ever had 1 client: nan people," Andrew Peng, nan Harris-Walz 2024 Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander spokesperson said successful nan release.

The caller advertisement comes arsenic Harris ramps up her attacks connected nan erstwhile president, calling him "increasingly unhinged and unstable" arsenic good arsenic a "fascist" past week.