Dems denounce controversial mailers sent to DFW-area voters by group led by Trump adviser

A group led by a former adviser to Donald Trump is responsible for mailers delivered to Dallas-area voters and being denounced by Democrats for saying that “President Joe Biden and left-wing officials are engaged in widespread discrimination against white and Asian Americans.” One of the mailers — which started hitting residences in Collin, Tarrant and Dallas counties over the weekend — alleges that Biden and progressive politicians are “pushing radical & irreversible gender experiments on children.” The mail blitz is being paid for by the America First Legal Foundation, a group that former Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller started in 2021. Democrats on Monday were quick to denounce the mailers, which appear designed to impact critical local elections in North Texas. Spanish language versions of the America First Legal mailers also appeared in El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley.

“These are the most divisive and destructive elements in society,” said Lisa Turner, state director of the research group called the Lone Star Project. “Their goal with this hate mail is to turn one against another — it’s despicable and every elected Republican who remains silent is complicit.” State Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, said it is galling that Asian Americans had to endure being unfairly blamed by Trump and Republicans who support him for the coronavirus pandemic. He said the former president and his allies stirred hate aimed at Asian communities. “In typical Trump’s fashion you accuse your opponents of doing the thing that you actually do,” Wu said. “It’s not surprising that the Trump Republicans who are paying for this are using this tagline, especially in relation to the Asian American community.” Wu added that the mailers should not be brushed off as political folly. “It wouldn’t be funny, if it wasn’t so frustrating,” he said. “If Republicans are unwilling to pull back from doing things like this, then, well, game on.” State Rep. Jessica Gonzalez, D-Dallas, has worked in the Legislature to protect transgender residents against discrimination.