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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Niloy Chakrabarti

Chinese American Says She Voted for Trump to 'Stay Loved' and 'Close to Whiteness': 'I Immediately Hated My Choice'

Wu voted for Trump in a bid to preserve her place in the US community. (Credit: Julia Wu Instagram)

A Chinese American woman who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election has revealed that she 'immediately hated' her choice, but did not yet believe it was wrong.

Julia Wu, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, described crying as she drove away from her polling place and later sobbing after Trump won the election. Despite her emotional reaction, she said she initially struggled to accept that she had made the wrong decision.

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