Michigan state Rep. Bettie Cook Scott is facing calls from 19 groups to apologize after she allegedly referred to her Asian primary opponent, state Rep. Stephanie Chang, as "ching-chong," according to a press release from Progress Michigan.
Chang and Scott both ran in the Democratic primary for the state Senate. Chang won with 49 percent of the vote, and Scott earned 11 percent.
Scott allegedly expressed anti-immigrant sentiments, telling a voter "immigrants from China are coming over and taking our community from us," the groups said in a Tuesday statement.
The statement also alleges that Scott said "Vote for me. Don't vote for the ching-chong!" and called members of Chang's staff "ching-chongs."
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michigan-lawmaker-racial-slur_us_5b75da49e4b05906b4119cb5
Thankfully, at least from what I'm reading, Chang did end up beating her at least.