Viral video accuses SF Chinese seniors of election fraud. They say it's racism.

"The monolingual seniors depicted in the video, however, tell Mission Local that it's bogus. And they're mad. Over 60 percent of the Californians who voted in the state's Nov. 4 special election cast their ballots in favor of Prop. 50, a high-profile measure to gerrymander California's congressional map to add more seats for Democrats - a direct challenge to Trump's demand to gerrymander Democrats out of Congressional office in Republican-led states."

"In the X video, Bess Byers, a digital media specialist for the libertarian magazine, Reason, walks past the group of seniors - without talking to them - and follows Stefani towards City Hall, asking them repeatedly whether they would support Prop. 50 if Republicans were in favor of it. "We would love for Republicans to push for Prop 50," says Stefani. "But they're not. So your question makes no sense.""

""I have the footage of you guys leading a bunch of Asian Americans to the voting poll ," Byers says. "I speak Chinese. None of them know what they're voting for. You don't think that's weird? Is that even legal?" "That's ridiculous," said On Siu Lau, 75, in a mix of Cantonese and Mandarin. Lau remembers Byers, and does not remember her saying anything in Chinese to the group of seniors except for one sentence in Mandarin: "'Do you speak English?'""

A viral X video alleged that the state's Democratic establishment tricked Chinese-speaking immigrants into voting for Proposition 50. The monolingual seniors shown in the footage insist the allegation is false and express anger. More than 60 percent of Californians approved Prop. 50 in the Nov. 4 special election, a measure intended to redraw California's congressional map to increase Democratic seats. Fifty Chinese senior citizens went to San Francisco City Hall to vote for Prop. 50, joined by Assemblymembers Catherine Stefani and Matt Haney. The X video shows Bess Byers walking past the seniors, asking pointed questions and accusing them of not knowing their votes.

Read at Mission Local