Too funny to not laugh.

Democrat Senator from Illinois Tammy Duckworth tells CNN that she will henceforth vote against the confirmation of all Biden Administration nominees (almost) over its failure to nominate candidates who are Asian-American Pacific Islanders — AAIP for those of you not up on your “woke-speak” acronyms.

Tammy Duckworth just told me she’s voting NO on Biden nominees until President makes commitment/ appoints AAPI picks to key executive branch positions. She said found it “insulting” that a senior WH aide last night pointed to Harris’ South Asian roots when asked about AAPI picks

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021

In case you are unaware, Sen. Duckworth was born in Thailand to an American father who was a member of the military, and a Thai mother.  After leaving the military, her father worked for the United Nations, and after leaving Thailand she lived in Singapore and Indonesia before her family moved to Hawaii.  She graduated from high school and college in Hawaii. She then moved to Washington DC to attend George Washington University, where she joined the Army Reserve following a tradition of military service in her family.

So her ethnic roots and formative years spent in Asian and Pacific Islander communities have her sensitive to the issues of “identity politics” that consume the modern Democrat party.  From her perspective, AAPI woke’sters aren’t getting what they were promised.

Duckworth says Asian-American lawmakers were told the USTR and White House budget director would be Asian-American. But after Neera Tanden's nomination collapsed, she said it appears the White House is going in a different direction.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021

That is the US Trade Representative and OMB Director — which was the position Neera Tanden was nominated to fill, but she withdrew due to opposition from both sides over her vitriolic Twitter history.

The US Trade Representative has been confirmed — Katherine Tai — but Duckworth and the AAPI’ers didn’t get BOTH.

“A deal’s a deal” — Radar O’Reilly.

"When I asked about AAPI representation in the second part, the first words out of the staff's mouth is: 'We're very proud of Vice President Harris, which is incredibly insulting," Duckworth said.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021

This is just TOO GOOD.

Kamala Harris is one-half Indian — the Asian kind.  Her mother was an immigrant from India.

But because the Democrat party rode her as an African-American “show pony” based on her father being Jamaican, she only counts for “identity politics” purposes as being “black” and any suggestion otherwise is “incredibly insulting.”

"Until then, I am a no vote on the floor on all non-diversity nominees," she said, including sub-Cabinet choices and judicial nominees. She said she would support racial minorities and LGBTQ nominees.

After informing the White House, Duckworth said: "They will get back to me."

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021

This string of tweets really needs to be turned into an audio recording with a laugh track.

For those keeping score at home, here is the current leader board for all you race-hucksters seeking to dictate the ethnic make-up of the Biden Administration Cabinet and Senior Staff (note how I rotate “guys” and “gals” so as to not show any bias or preference):

White Guys: 8 — Ron Klain, Anthony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Pete Buttigieg, John Kerry, Merrick Garland, Marty Walsh, and Dennis McDonough

White Gals: 3 — Janet Yellen, Jennifer Granholm, Avril Haines

Black Gals: 3 — Marcia Fudge, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Cecilia Rouse

Black Guys: 2 — Lloyd Austin, Michael Reagan,

Hispanic Guys: 3 — Javier Becerra, Miguel Cardona, Alejandro Mayorkas

Hispanic Gals: 1 — Isabel Guzman

Asian Gals: 1 — Katherine Tai

Asian Guys: 0

American-Indians: 1 — Deb Haaland

I copied this from a white-board in Sen. Duckworth’s office (not really) — her complaint is manifest and this outrage MUST NOT STAND!!!!

Someone needs to get George Takei or Ted Lieu on the phone ASAP — their President needs them!!!

PS:  I wonder if Manu has sent an application.  No experience necessary — he’s Indian (the Asian kind).