Commentary
The opportunistic and the misguided wasted no time in fanning the flames of racial grievance after two mass shootings in California last week.
Taking place separately in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, both shootings resulted in the murder of multiple victims of Asian descent at the beginning of the Lunar New Year, a major holiday for Asian communities.
Soon after news of the Monterey Park shooting broke, Rep. Adam Schiff of California named anti-Asian bigotry as a possible motive. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attributed the shooting to undefined “bigotry and hate.” Many others chimed in on social media, denouncing former President Donald Trump and white supremacy as responsible for the tragedies. None, of course, had any evidence for their assertions….