CA-11: Congressional candidate (D) blasted for 'racist' social media post of Connie Chan (D) and Saikat Chakrabarti (D)

On Wednesday, the Rose Pak Asian American Club sharply criticized an AI-generated image depicting District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan and her fellow congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti in the style of socialist realist propaganda.

The person who posted it was Marie Hurabiell, who is running against them in the June primary.

The post featured Chan and Chakrabarti as heroes of a socialist revolution with a raised fist (Chan) and Soviet hammer-and-sickle flag (Chakrabarti). As if to drive the very obvious point home, the image features text reading “SOCIALISM IS THE WAY,” “down with capitalism,” “strength through solidarity,” and “Connie Chan and Saikat Chakrabarti lead the revolution!”

The Rose Pak Asian American Club shared the image in an Instagram statement condemning the post, which it said targeted the only two Asian American candidates in the race to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress.





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