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Tong, a state representative from Stamford, is running for attorney general. If elected, he would be the first Asian-American to hold statewide office in Connecticut.
Visconti, a Trump supporter whose only elective position was a single term on the West Hartford town council, has never met Tong, but decided to tweet after watching one of Tong's television commercials. "He's acting like a tyrant. In his television ads using President Trump, it just looks like the debate between (leader of North Korea) Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump," said Visconti. "He just happens to be of Asian descent." Tong promises to oppose President Donald Trump's policies in campaign advertising.