As The Washington Free Beacon reports, Retread Ted – who twice voted against revoking the "Most Favored Nation" status for China, had his campaign team distribute fortune cookies outside of the GOP Convention in Cleveland.
After Retread Ted was informed that fortune cookies are an American invention – and before a campaign aide was able to "abruptly escort" him out of the room, the failed former governor defended his political stunt by claiming that "we associate [fortune cookies] with what you get when you go to a Chinese restaurant…an American Chinese restaurant."
That Strickland felt the need to raise eyebrows with racial insensitivity tells Ohioans all they need to know about the state of his campaign.
[ICYMI, read more about the lengths to which Retread Ted Strickland and his campaign will go to distract from his disastrous week](http://freebeacon.com/politics/strickland-campaign-circulates-fortune-cookies-highlight-opponents-record-china/):
Strickland Campaign Distributes Fortune Cookies to Highlight Opponent’s Record on China
The Washington Free Beacon
By Morgan Chalfant
July 18, 2016
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Strickland fielded questions from reporters about the racial insensitivity of the fortune cookie stunt outside of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
The Strickland campaign has been promoting the cookies on social media.
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Speaking to reporters after the news conference, Strickland was asked by an attendee whether he is “concerned that the use of fortune cookies might be racially insensitive.”
“No,” Strickland told the group of reporters.
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When pressed by the reporter about fortune cookies being an American invention, Strickland responded, “But we associate them with what you get when you go to a Chinese restaurant.”
“An American Chinese restaurant?” the reporter asked.
“Yes, an American Chinese restaurant, absolutely,” Strickland responded.
A campaign aide abruptly escorted Strickland out of the room following the exchange.
The origin of fortune cookies is hazy, but they became popular in California in the early 1900s.
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The campaign cookies began turning up in Cleveland on Sunday, the eve of the RNC convention.
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