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Elaine Chao hits back at 's taunts: McConnell's wife says ex-President ... trends now
Elaine Chao hits back at Trump's taunts: McConnell's wife says ex-President ... trends now

Elaine Chao hits back at Trump's taunts: McConnell's wife says ex-President ... trends now

Elaine Chao hits back at Trump calling her 'Coco Chow' and 'China-loving': Mitch McConnell's wife says ex-President 'doesn't understand' the rhetoric targeting Asian-Americans Chao was the first Asian American woman in a presidential Cabinet She previously chided the media for repeating Trump's racist taunts Trump has taken to attacking her when criticizing her husband over the Senate

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After months of staying silent in the face of racist verbal attacks from former President Donald Trump, ex-Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao hit back at her old boss on Wednesday.

The former Trump Cabinet official told Politico that the ex-president 'doesn't understand' the struggles faced by Asian Americans - which she herself said she had to overcome. 

'When I was young, some people deliberately misspelled or mispronounced my name,' she began the statement.

Chao has become a target of Trump's tirades against her husband, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell - his chief political rival in the GOP

'Asian Americans have worked hard to change that experience for the next generation,' she said. 

Elaine Chao was Donald Trump's Transportation Secretary for much of his White House term

Elaine Chao was Donald Trump's

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