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These Asian American Candidates Want to Make America Great Again
Ying Tan is a Chinese American running for New York City Council in Southern Brooklyn on the Republican ticket. (Andrew Kelly for The Free Press)
Politicians from a voting bloc that historically leans blue say they want to ‘expand the boundaries of the MAGA agenda.’
By Peter Savodnik and Kiran Sampath
11.06.23 — U.S. Politics
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The unofficial headquarters of the Asian American right-wing revolt is a fluorescent-lit basement in New York City’s Chinatown. 

The basement is littered with flyers and custard pastries and a poster emblazoned with Chinese characters that spell out the words longevity and perseverance. It is the campaign headquarters of Helen Qiu, 53, the single mother-…

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Peter Savodnik
Peter Savodnik is senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair as well as GQ, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other publications, reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, South Asia, and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.
Kiran Sampath
Staff member at The Free Press.
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