Marc Short, chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence , claimed that Elaine Chaos role as secretary of transportation in the Trump administration is evidence that the president isnt racist, prompting many Asian Americans to speak out to set the record straight.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump tweeted that four Democratic congresswomen should go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.

After Trump received widespread backlash for the tweet, Short attempted to claim that Chaos position in Trumps cabinet was somehow indicative of his morals.

When people write that the president has racist motives here, its just, look at the reality at whos actually serving in Donald Trumps cabinet, he told Fox News Dagen McDowell .