Congressman apologizes for joke about Kristi Noem and Kim Jong Un eating dog together: ‘I condemn those stereotypes’

A Florida congressman apologized Monday for invoking an insensitive stereotype successful a joke aimed astatine Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. 

“Why americium I getting nan emotion that she wanted to eat canine pinch Kim Jong Un?” Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz wrote connected X successful consequence to a clip of Noem promoting her upcoming book connected “CBS Mornings.” 

Noem’s book includes a mendacious declare astir a gathering pinch nan North Korean leader and a existent anecdote astir her sidesplitting her “untrainable” 14-month-old hunting dog.

Moskowitz was called out by Politico newsman Nicholas Wu, who noted nan Florida Democrat was “using a stereotype present astir Asians and dogs.” 

“I made a joke astir 2 circumstantial people. No 1 else,” Moskowitz wrote successful response to Wu’s tweet.”However, I would ne'er want to beryllium insensitive and provender into a stereotype.” 

The congressman besides deleted nan X post. 

“I took nan station down arsenic I didn’t want it to beryllium misconstrued and offend nan broader community,” Moskowitz told Politico. “I condemn those stereotypes and would ne'er want to provender into them.”

The House of Representatives’ only 2 Korean American Democrats thanked Moskowitz for deleting nan tweet and apologizing.   

“While we admit our workfellow opinionated up to GOP extremism, we cannot perpetuate harmful stereotypes successful nan process,” Reps. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.) said successful a statement. “We convey Rep. Moskowitz for apologizing and taking down his tweet.”

It’s not nan first clip Moskowitz has fired disconnected a tweet that he has later regretted. 

In March, nan congressman posted — and past deleted — an image connected X of President Biden, wide-eyed upon encountering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) arsenic he prepared to present his State of nan Union address, alongside a photograph of “Euphoria” prima Sydney Sweeney successful a revealing outfit. 

The juxtaposition of nan photos made it look arsenic if Biden, 81, was staring astatine Sweeney’s cleavage.

“It was inappropriate. I took it down,” Moskowitz said of nan March 8 post.