Via Angry Asian Man, who's always ahead of the AAPI news cycle: Texas State Representative Betty Brown released a statement through her spokesman today, in which she apologizes for her comment during a legislative session earlier this week, and then says the line that's being quoted was taken out of context.
That line, if you haven't seen it by now, is one in which she suggested Asians could change their names to something that "Americans" (which we're apparently not, even though the law in question is a voting IS bill) could more easily deal with:
“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?â€
Here's her statement today, which was sent out but is not available on her state legislature web page:
