BAD BOY(or simply insane racist): 'Go back to China. Now call me a racist': NY gubernatorial candidate attacks Taiwanese American lawmaker on Twitter

@Derrick Gibson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate for New York - if an individual from abroad is engaging in unlawful at work political discussions and/or has problem with

US in respect to THEORETIC PART OF constitution/bill of rights/ way of life as was a frequent case with my coworkers, you are free to send whomever to whenever. However, not when an individual is pointing out for the benefit of the American society EVIDENT wrongdoings by whomever as such act clearly demonstrates act of racism/discrimination in YOUR case.

I support Yuh-Line Niou's(Taiwanese-American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district) stand to ensure equality and respect for laws concerning specially those who wear police badges. You must wear mask or give up your police badges.

And so it is, if you don't like what America should stand for according to its constitution/bill of rights and laws - get lost !!! Best - don't go there.

@Derrick Gibson - Proud Boys !!???? Perhaps in South Africa in your case and its why country is rapidly going to hell - civil war. Trump is already abundant with money - ahead of elections https://ausertimes.blogspot.com/2022/01/you-are-greater-than-god-but-seems-will.html

From https://www.yahoo.com/news/back-china-now-call-racist-182046137.html

'Go back to China. Now call me a racist': NY gubernatorial candidate attacks Taiwanese American lawmaker on Twitter

Ryan General

Tue, February 1, 2022, 7:20 PM

Derrick Gibson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate for New York, told Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou to “Go back to China” before daring her to call him a racist in a Tweet on Monday.

Niou responded, “You’re a racist.”

Go back to China. Now call me a racist https://t.co/gElqAJMcwM

— Derrick Gibson (@Gibson4NYS) January 31, 2022

The 38-year-old Taiwanese American politician had posted a tweet earlier that day about a large group of New York City police officers riding the subway without masks.

“It honestly takes a lot to take a heartbreaking tragedy and a family’s moment of mourning and turn it into a frightening show of intimidation for the whole city and be a massive health risk to every New Yorker,” Niou wrote. “But they somehow did it.”

“Go back to China. Now call me a racist,” Gibson wrote in response to the tweet.

The officers came from a memorial for New York City police officer Jason Rivera, who was killed after responding to a domestic violence call late last month. The unmasked officers drew criticism from other social media users who stated that the memorial should not be considered an excuse to potentially endanger the safety and wellbeing of other subway passengers.

In a separate tweet, Gibson said he also never wears a mask while using public transportation, then went on to “encourage others not to either, it’s all a scam.”

Twitter users were quick to defend Niou and condemn Gibson for the racist tweet.

“Whenever someone tells another to 'go back to' their country, no matter the nationality/race, yes, that would clearly be considered racist,” one Twitter user commented. “Now imagine if someone said that to you or your family. How would you feel??”

“Why should someone call you it or point it out when you clearly, through your words, realize that is exactly what you are,” another wrote.

When Niou called Gibson “a racist” in response to his tweet, Gibson reacted with a series of tweets:

Thanks for the acknowledgment. You have no place in our government. https://t.co/GKMaJKMITv

— Derrick Gibson (@Gibson4NYS) February 1, 2022

You blocked me because you don’t like to be corrected. Your statement is a shame and you need to be removed from your position. https://t.co/GKMaJKMITv

— Derrick Gibson (@Gibson4NYS) February 1, 2022

You’re a cop hater. https://t.co/7EN9tg0QkI

— Derrick Gibson (@Gibson4NYS) February 1, 2022

Yep. https://t.co/7EN9tg0QkI

— Derrick Gibson (@Gibson4NYS) February 1, 2022

Gibson, a self-declared MAGA Republican, acknowledged "yes" to Niou saying "You're a racist," and also called her a “cop hater.”

According to Gibson, Niou has “no place in our government,” adding, “Your statement is a shame and you need to be removed from your position.”

While Gibson has stated on his website that he believes “exceptional morals are the backbone of any political campaign & that must start with the candidate,” he has long been a vocal supporter of the Proud Boys, a “right-wing extremist group with a violent agenda” whose members are “primarily misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-immigration,” according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Republican candidate for New York Governor, Derrick Gibson, said he is with the Proud Boys “100%” and he may join them.

Gibson said the Proud Boys and others arrested for January 6th are being persecuted “the same way they did Black people during slavery.” pic.twitter.com/7qfsfCVH52

— Resist Programming 🛰 (@RzstProgramming) June 14, 2021

In an interview with The Daily Beast last year, Gibson explained that he associates himself with the Proud Boys to “generate conversation,” saying, “I don’t have an issue with Proud Boys, so yeah, I put that out there so I could get a conversation started. To me, it’s not a hate symbol, and I know because I did my research. Now if it was Nazi symbols, I would not use something like that, because that was used to do the Jews in and I do not go for anything like that.