Nebraska Governor Pillen criticized for attacking journalist for her nationality - 'All you gotta do is look at her'

[essentialsaltes]

Gov. Jim Pillen is facing criticism for comments he made in September about a Nebraska reporter who found that multiple Pillen hog farms had nitrate levels far above the legal drinking water limit.

The story was written by Yanqi Xu with the Flatwater Free Press and republished by the Omaha World-Herald, among other news outlets. It revealed that 16 of Pillen's farms recorded nitrate levels at least five times higher than what is considered safe to drink.

[When asked about the story...]

“Number one, I didn’t read it. And I won’t,” Pillen said. “Number two, all you got to do is look at the author. The author is from communist China. What more do you need to know?”

Xu has lived in the United States since 2017 after growing up in China. For the past two years, she has worked for the Flatwater Free Press, an independent, nonprofit news organization based in Omaha.

 

[Bradskii]

And all you have to do is listen to him. What an absolute loser.

 

[Chesterton]

@ about 1:38:

 

[FireDragon76]

Pig farming can be extremely dirty, especially in the US where many states don't have adequate environmental regulation or enforcement.

 

[rambot]

That is both a terrible AND a stupid thing to say. That makes it preeeetty high on the disatrometer.

 

[wing2000]

What a small man.

 

[Pommer]

Even professionally done ad hominem is not a good look.

 

[USincognito]

And some people say we're a post-racial society.