Arkansas’s secretary of state posts prank call of 2 Chinese restaurants to his Facebook

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston shared a video of a prank name involving two Chinese language eating places on his private Fb web page final week.

In a now-deleted submit, the Republican official shared a video of a person calling two Chinese language eating places on separate telephones to have the 2 staff communicate to one another, reported the Arkansas Instances.

Within the video, the person might be seen holding and dealing with the cell telephones collectively so each of the restaurant staff suppose one is asking the opposite to put an order.

The 2 staff, who’ve sturdy Asian accents, turn into confused as they each attempt to take every others’ orders. The person working the prank name might be seen uncontrollably laughing on the dialog.

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Whereas many customers additionally poked enjoyable on the prank name, others criticized the person behind the video for being racist and immature.

“Making enjoyable of individuals that talk 2-4 extra langues [sic] than you,” one consumer wrote. “Go attempt work Japan/ China…oh you wouldn’t as a result of the US is the perfect nation proper..then simply keep in mind, your language solely goes to at least one place.”

“I can recognize a great chortle however that is flat out offensive,” one other consumer commented.

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After serving as Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands for eight years, Thurston was first elected as Arkansas Secretary of State in November 2018.

NextShark has reached out to Thurston for remark.

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