Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen visited five temples in a row, causing New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi to choke with anger.
According to Taiwan's China Times electronic newspaper , Tsai Ing-wen went to New Taipei to visit five palaces and temples on the 11th, and on the 12th she and "Transportation Minister" Lin Jialong went to Banqiao to inspect the MRT project. New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi shouted to Tsai Ing-wen in his speech, "You must worship the God you have been worshiping all day long," but more importantly, "people are doing it and God is watching." He said that the total cost of the second phase of the Ten Thousand-Dalian Line is as high as NT$55.5 billion, of which New Taipei City will independently bear 2/3. "If you come to New Taipei City to fight for the election, I will not accompany you, but if you come to fight for construction, I will definitely support it." You”
United News Network noticed that when Tsai Ing-wen went to New Taipei to inspect the MRT on the 12th, Taipei City only sent Deputy Mayor Deng Jiaki to attend. When the media asked if they felt that Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe was avoiding, Tsai Ing-wen asked pointedly, "Do you want me to answer this matter?"
Hou Youyi angrily choked Tsai Ing-wen and received support from netizens. Some people praised it and said it was just right.
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Tsai Ing-wen frequently visits temples and is criticized: Chinese culture does not recognize her, so what qualifications do she have to worship?
According to Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News", some netizen statistics show that Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen visited 43 temples in May, an average of 1.5 temples a day. Because it happened to be the eve of the Democratic Progressive Party’s 2020 primary election, some netizens criticized Tsai Ing-wen, “So afraid of Lai Qingde?” “Has the office been moved to a temple?” Some netizens criticized Tsai Ing-wen for worshiping too many temples. She is the "Temple Woman".
Some netizens questioned whether Tsai Ing-wen’s office was moved to a temple? After Lai Ching-te, the former "Executive President" of the Taiwanese government, announced his participation in the primary election, Tsai Ing-wen's temple visits suddenly increased a lot. According to statistics from netizens, Tsai Ing-wen visited 43 temples in May, averaging 1.5 temples a day.
has a Lanying Facebook (Facebook) fan page saying, "I don't know without statistics. After the statistics, I was shocked. Originally Xiaoying was so afraid of Qingde, and the schedule is very full~'National Affairs' has time Do you want to deal with it? I even visited five temples in one day, which is amazing!”
When asked about this, Tsai Ing-wen claimed that visiting temples and communicating with fellow villagers was a sign of being “down to earth”. And they will be criticized for being "ungrounded". Netizens on the island angrily said that she is "pretending to be down-to-earth" and "doesn't know how to fight for the economy, she only knows how to do her best. I'm afraid even the gods are bored."
