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Congressman apologizes for joke about Kristi Noem and Kim Jong Un eating dog together: ‘I condemn those stereotypes’

March 20, 2024, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.,ÃÂàand Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., attend the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled ââ¬ÃÂInfluence Peddling: Examining Joe Bidenâ≢s Abuse of Public Office,ââˆin Rayburn Building on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, and Tony Bobulinski, a former associate of Hunter Biden, testified. (Credit Image: é Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Press) Influence Peddling: Examining Joe BidenâÂÂs Abuse of Public Office

“Why am I getting the feeling that she wanted to eat dog with Kim Jong Un?” Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz wrote on X in response to a clip of Noem promoting her upcoming book on “CBS Mornings.”

Noem’s book includes a false claim about a meeting with the North Korean leader and a true anecdote about her killing her “untrainable” 14-month-old hunting dog.

Moskowitz was called out by Politico reporter Nicholas Wu, who noted the Florida Democrat was “using a stereotype here about Asians and dogs.”

“I made a joke about 2 specific people. No one else,” Moskowitz wrote in response to Wu’s tweet.”However, I would never want to be insensitive and feed into a stereotype.”

The congressman also deleted the X post.

“I took the post down as I didn’t want it to be misconstrued and offend the broader community,” Moskowitz told Politico. “I condemn those stereotypes and would never want to feed into them.”

The House of Representatives’ only two Korean American Democrats thanked Moskowitz for deleting the tweet and apologizing.

“While we appreciate our colleague standing up to GOP extremism, we cannot perpetuate harmful stereotypes in the process,” Reps. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.) said in a statement. “We thank Rep. Moskowitz for apologizing and taking down his tweet.”

It’s not the first time Moskowitz has fired off a tweet that he has later regretted.

In March, the congressman posted — and then deleted — an image on X of President Biden, wide-eyed upon encountering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as he prepared to deliver his State of the Union address, alongside a photo of “Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney in a revealing outfit.

The juxtaposition of the photos made it appear as if Biden, 81, was staring at Sweeney’s cleavage.

“It was inappropriate. I took it down,” Moskowitz said of the March 8 post.

“It was inappropriate. I took it down,” Moskowitz said of the March 8 post.

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