Moment rich New Hampshire Democrat is savaged by Republican opponent who fled communist China at debate
This is the moment a Republican congressional candidate from China tore into her Democrat opponent for her blue-blooded background.
A self-professed ‘survivor of Chinese communism’, Lily Tang Williams, a was filmed hurling the accusations at Maggie Goodlander Thursday.
It happened during a heated debate in New Hampshire, where both are currently campaigning.
Goodlander, 38, is the wife of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who was appointed by the Biden Administration. Moreover, she also hails from a storied, wealthy family deeply entrenched in the Live Free of Die State.
The jabs from Tang Williams thus came in quick succession, as she proceeded to point out how her opponent is a millionaire – and may not have the public’s best interest in mind. Aired in broken English, the resulting onslaught is one to remember.
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A self-professed ‘survivor of Chinese communism’, Lily Tang Williams (right), a was filmed hurling the accusations at Maggie Goodlander Thursday in New Hampshire during a debate
‘You are wealthy. You’re worth $20 million to $30 million,’ Tang Williams, 60, begins, responding the former White House aide’s assertion that she was the one the working class had to worry about.
‘How do you know about regular people’s suffering?’ the woman who fled China in 1994 asks further.
‘Do you go shopping? Go to Walmart? Buy food? I talk to those people.’
The now-viral beatdown did not end there, lasting several minutes as the Chinese-American started to hit her stride.
She proceeds to point out how Goodlander in May billed herself as a ‘renter’ despite owning a $1.2million home, just weeks after she exploring the bid in the first place.
‘You pretend to be a renter in Nashua a few months ago, move back to run for this open seat with millions of dollars from Washington DC insiders,’ Tang Williams says in one snippet
‘I don’t have money to run TV ads, and you are pretending that you are poor, complain rent is so high.
‘You couldn’t save that apartment for other people to rent in Nashua,’ she adds, before offering up the perhaps most merciless quip of them all.
For the duration, Goodlander looked visibly lost – seemingly looking for a way to end the verbal beating
It saw the more seasoned Republican repeatedly turn to the political newcomer who joined the DOJ as counselor to the attorney general under an AG appointed by Biden in 2021 to tear her down in broken English
‘Just go back to your $2 million home in Portsmouth.
‘Please don’t say that because you do not understand regular people’s concerns,’ she says of the Nashua native’s true intentions.
‘People cry in my arms.’
Seemingly through with Goodlander, Tang Williams goes on to turn her attention to the Biden Administration – now appearing to coast on confidence.
She paints Joe Biden as ‘divisive’ and Goodlander’s husband as ‘incompetent’ – claiming the latter has failed the country in his quest to maintain national security by allowing so many migrants into the country.
‘Your husband, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan,’ Tang Williams says. ‘He should be fired’ – adding how Biden’s recent comments geared toward Trump supporters, calling them garbage, is also a cause for concern.
At another point, Goodlander brings up her previous work as a senior foreign policy advisor for U.S. Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain – insisting it saw her banned from Russia for a lifetime.
She served the stint while studying at Yale Law, after already graduating Yale College in 2009.
Goodlander, 38, is the wife of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who was appointed by the Biden Administration
Goodlander and Sullivan at the White House with Biden, who has helped both along with their careers
Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walking with a then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan in November 2009. He would be appointed the United States National Security Advisor, by Biden, a little over a decade later
The pair own this $1.2million home in Portsmouth, and Goodlander is worth between $9.9 million and $39 million, with most of her wealth tied to a trust fund, WMUR-TV reported
Tang Williams uses the opportunity to insist Goodlander’s ‘math’ surrounding continued US support toward Ukraine ‘cannot add up’ – while making an off-color joke at her own expense.
‘OK?’ she says after the assertion, repeatedly turning to the Democrat.
‘I’m very good with math – maybe that’s a stereotype for Asian-Americans. If you want to pay for all the stuff you want to pay, then, do your math.
‘How are we going to pay for it? Show me the math. Borrow money from China? Or print money to drive up inflation?
‘And you say the Ukrainian flag is everywhere in Nashville… I don’t see that many,’ Tang Williams then ads.
‘As I said, if Democrats want to do it[fund Ukraine’s war against Russia], if billionaires want to do it, neo-cons want to do it, please do – donate your own money.
‘So many people have died. It’s time to bring peace and talk to people,’ she then proclaims.
‘President Trump is talking about [that]. He will be for peace – deals as soon as he gets elected. We cannot afford to engage in endless wars.’
For the duration, Goodlander looked visibly lost – seemingly looking for a way to end the verbal beating.
As for Tang Williams – seen here with her husband of 34 years John Williams – she came from China with only $100 in her pocket, and is now worth at least $3million
Tang WIlliams is seen here with her husband and their three adult children
She is chair of the state’s Asian American Coalition, a member of the Advisory Board of the US Parents involved in Education, and on the Speakers Bureau of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington DC
While not as well-known as Sullivan, she has surfaced as the face of Biden’s foreign policy in recent years, and is now looking to capitalize with the congressional run announced this past May.
She is also from a famous family, with her grandfather, Samuel Tamposi, being the son of Romanian immigrants and a real-estate developer who brought many Fortune 500 companies to the state.
They include but are not limited to Fidelity Investments, Anheuser Busch, and Coca-Cola.
He was also a part owner of the Boston Red Sox and was friends with legendary player Ted Williams.
Goodlander’s mother, Betty Tamposi, also ran for Congress in the second congressional district in 1988, but lost in the Republican primary.
She is close to the Bush and Sununu families and was served as Assistant Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush. She was fired from that job during the 1992 election over a controversy involving Bill Clinton’s passport records.
After graduating Yale, Goodlander linked up with Lieberman and McCain.
The pair’s markedly different backgrounds clashed Thursday, as Goodlander still maintains an eight-point lead. They are competing for the open seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster in New Hampshire’s 2nd District
She went on to work as a law clerk for Merrick Garland, who in a few years would be fastracked to the post of attorney general by President Biden.
At that point, Goodlander joined the Department of justice to work as a counself to her old boss. She left the Justice department in February, she bvriefly served as a White House senior advisor, before announcing her candidacy weeks later.
Despite this, she maintains an eight-point lead ahead of her competitor – who came to the US with only $100 in her pocket to become one of the most high-profile activists in the state.
A bio on her website points out how she ‘grew up during Mao’s ten-year Cultural Revolution’, during which time an estimated two million lost their lives.
She has since surfaced as an outspoken critic of communism, and a proud advocate of the American dream.
She wed her husband John Williams 34 years ago, and together they have three adult children.
