Betty Brown is still an idiot

Ramey Ko, the young man testifying before the Texas House about Voter ID burdens, was interviewed about his take on what Betty Brown said to him. There's the 'Asian Americans aren't normal' vibe from Brown.

I’d also note that the apology doesn’t address her use twice of language that implies Asian Americans aren’t Americans:

“Do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here.”

“Can’t you see that this is something that would make it a lot easier for both you and for people who are pollworkers, if there were some means by which you could adopt a name just for your poll identification purposes that would be easier for the Americans to deal with?”

Then, there's the 'deal with it' vibe.

I noted the “your people” part of the comment, and how that kind of attitude demonstrated a lack of concern for Asian Americans’ obstacles to voting. I noted how this also showed that apparently Asian Americans are supposed to bear the burden of protecting their right to vote instead of the government.

Hat tip to Off the Kuff.