Kassar Wrote About Iwen Chu – She Tried To Make It About Bigotry & Sexism
Jerry Kassar, head of the NYS Conservative Party wrote about Iwen Chu in his column. Kassar criticized Chu’s bad campaign.
Yet, Kassar and Chu have a lot in common. Both remained silent when elected leaders advocated for lobbyists, rather than this community. (Gounardes here – Golden here)
Iwen Chu tweeted a response to Kassar.
Chu tried to assert that Kassar was attacking her because she was Asian or a female politician, but Kassar didn’t enter that territory. Chu knows a Conservative vs. Democrat quarrel isn’t newsworthy.
Kassar wrote about Iwen because he knows he can make elected Democrats flip out with three sentences. They fall for it every time instead of just ignoring him. Jerry does it to make the Republicans/Conservatives laugh:
Iwen Chu refused to debate her opponent before the election. She didn’t want voters to hear from Vito LaBella. LaBella is a strong speaker and advocated in Brooklyn for many years. The sad part is the two knew each other. Chu watched LaBella lead and win for Brooklyn families and thought it was okay to do a dirty campaign against him.
All I have seen from Iwen in the past is she took photos with Gounardes after he voted to reform bail laws. Not once has Iwen said that Gounardes should adjust the laws, so repeat offenders can’t hurt people.
Iwen Chu has not supported female politicians running for office in Brooklyn. When Mathylde Frontus ran for office, we didn’t see Iwen Chu step up for Frontus. Newspapers reported that the male politicians had a “backroom deal.” The deal tried to squeeze Frontus out of a position. Why didn’t Chu help Frontus? (Info)
We didn’t see Chu come out in support of a female Comptroller either. The female candidate was a lot more qualified for the position. (Info) Why hasn’t Chu supported female politicians?
This year, when Gounardes and Frontus voted to gerrymander Brooklyn, Iwen Chu never said a word.
The new district lines for District 17 benefitted Iwen Chu. Districts aren’t supposed to be made for politicians; they are supposed to be made for a community.
I learned about gerrymandering from Andrew Gounardes years ago, when he was a man who had integrity.
District 17 was created to remove Republicans from Gounardes’ district, so he was guaranteed a win. It wasn’t about our community – it became about Gounardes waterfront district. Not one paper covered a story on the money Gounardes accepted and who may be interested in Brooklyn’s waterfront.
For the next ten years, young people in our community will have no reason to vote for a senator in Bay Ridge – the district is rigged and there is no reason to have an election, other than for Gounardes to collect more campaign contributions.
Iwen Chu never spoke out about the failure of Gounardes and Brannan to act for Asian residents in our community. We didn’t see a pepper spray distribution for Asian women here in Brooklyn – like this one in Manhattan.
In March 2020, right before the pandemic broke out in Brooklyn, Chu was with Gounardes at a Restaurant on 8th Avenue. (See photo below)
Gounardes claimed people weren’t going to a restaurant on 8th Avenue because they were racist. Why didn’t Iwen Chu tell Gounardes that people feared dying from the pandemic that was happening in China. No one corrected #TeamDimSum.
When an Asian grandmother was set on fire, Gounardes didn’t do anything. A rapper came to Brooklyn because politicians failed to take action. (Info) Iwen didn’t speak out against Gounardes or any other politician in Brooklyn then either.
Finally, when the Nathan’s deal happened, everyone in this community was upset, except Iwen Chu, Peter Abbate, Andrew Gounardes and Justin Brannan. They were all silent. (Info)
In the coming year, I estimate Iwen will vote with Gounardes and Gianaris 90% of the time.
In January, we’ll see what bills Senator Chu introduces. Since Irene Chu worked in a politician’s office for years, she knows how a bill is written and there won’t be any delay in advocating for the community. (Right?)
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Hugs,
marlene
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