'Racial Backlash Erupts'! NBC Worries About Hate Crimes After Chinese Spy Pleads Guilty
Tim Graham
May 16th, 2026 6:30 AM
NBCNews.com somehow found it necessary to "augment" the recent news of Arcadia (Calif.) Mayor Eileen Wang pleading guilty to being a spy for communist China with the notion that this will spur a violent racist reaction against Asian Americans. The headline:
Racial backlash erupts online after California mayor admits to being an agent for China
Alicia Lozano and Doha Madani began: "The resignation of a Southern California mayor who pleaded guilty to acting as a foreign agent for China has sparked backlash and reignited fears of anti-Asian discrimination."
Conservative accounts on X recalled a Norm McDonald joke from 2016: "What terrifies me is if ISIS were to detonate a nuclear device and kill 50 million Americans. Imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims?"
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/05/16/racial-backlash-erupts-nbc-worries-about-hate-crimes-after-chinese