There’s nothing a leftist likes more than talking about the racial perfidies of the right side of the aisle.
When they do it, however, it’s perfectly fine. Hilarious, even!
At least that’s how it seemed for a little bit on the Democrats’ official X account. In a now-deleted post, the Democrats posted a picture of acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao next taller former Virginia Gov.Glenn Youngkin, along with a pinch emoji.
The obvious reference was to theAsian appointee’sheight — a common, and noxious, racial trope that would have drawn a wringing of hands if a Republican did it. But it’s the Democrats, so it’s barely even trending on the media’s radar.
According toPolitico, Cao became the acting secretary of the U.S. Navy after John Phelan resigned Wednesday.
There are a number of theories behind Phelan’s departure;Politicoreported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others in military brass were less than impressed with Phelan’s plan to commission a new class of battleship which the Pentagon felt was both expensive and superannuated.
Meanwhile, as theU.K. Guardianpointed out, Cao had a different tack on naval development, arguing that “the military was living each day like it was 10 September 2001, and that the country must accelerate shipbuilding while improving technology so that it can defeat hypersonic missiles and other threats.”
“We need to rethink naval warfare,” Cao said last year. “We need to be ready for what happens tomorrow.”
There was otherscuttlebuttregarding why Phelan was out, but the most reliable was that his approach to shipbuilding clashed with Hegseth’s vision for naval modernization.
What is clear is that, as Politico noted, “Cao has built substantial credibility for being a quick study on shipbuilding and managing turmoil after turnover wracked the service last year, according to four people familiar with the dynamics.”
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