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Politics

Barbara Boxer Against Chinese People Having Jobs

Matt Welch | 10.1.2010 4:07 PM

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Here's the California Senator's latest campaign ad, which makes the nuanced argument that CEOs should be disqualified from higher office if their companies open factories overseas.

Boxer, on the other hand, has skillfully averted giving jobs to icky Chinese and Indian people by working on Capitol Hill for the last 28 years. Apparently Democrats think the best way to keep the Golden State blue is by accusing Republicans of employing foreigners.

Link via the Twitter feed of Matthew Yglesias.

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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