Hillary Clinton visits Vietnamese community in Little Saigon

[Viet]

ELECTION 2016
Clinton Comes to Little Saigon, But Vietnamese Mostly Stay Away

By Thy Vo17 hours ago

Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was greeted by nearly two hundred people from across Orange County at the Westminster Rose Center Friday afternoon, including Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders.

But Clinton, the only presidential candidate to ever visit Little Saigon, drew relatively few Vietnamese American voters to the audience. Unlike most other Asian subgroups, Vietnamese have long leaned Republican, and nearly all the Vietnamese American elected officials in the county are registered Republicans.

Compared to local rallies for Republican candidate Donald Trump, where protestors for and against Trump have clashed violently, Clinton's was tame and orderly.

She was introduced by Asian Americans leaders like congresswoman Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park); Trung Ta, a prominent Vietnamese American Democrat in Orange County; and two-time Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan. Westminster council members Diana Carey and Sergio Contreras were also in attendance.

Much of Clinton's remarks were a repeat of her speech in San Diego on Thursday, where she characterized Trump as divisive, extreme and unfit to serve as commander-in-chief.

"That's why we can't let him near the White House. His idea about immigration is to create what he's calling a deportation force," said Clinton Friday. "Where they knock down doors and pull people out...that is so un-American."

Although Clinton is likely to be the Democratic nominee, her edge over Sen. Bernie Sanders has narrowed in recent weeks thanks in part to a swell in support for Sanders among young Latino and Asian American voters. According to a Los Angeles Times poll, Clinton has a ten percent lead over Sanders among likely voters.

After the event in Westminster, Clinton attended a private event with supporters in Santa Ana at a restaurant called Crave, and then moved on to events in Culver City and San Bernardino.


Contact Thy Vo at tvo@voiceofoc.org or follow her on Twitter @thyanhvo.

 

[TheTheoryOfMilitaryLogistics]

Aren‘t you right-wing?
Why do you stay away?Hillary has some smell of democracy.

 

[litman]

american foreign policy can be described by a single phrase in urdu " majboori main gadhay ko be baap banana par jata hay"

 

[Viet]

Aren‘t you right-wing?
Why do you stay away?Hillary has some smell of democracy.

majority of Viet-Americans vote Republicans. It is not necessary a bad thing if a wannabe president gets the most of one million votes of our people. It is not about right or left, but who delivers the most benefits, representing our interests.

 

[cochine]

Madam Hillrary Clinton visited Hanoi many time.

 

[nang2]

ELECTION 2016
Clinton Comes to Little Saigon, But Vietnamese Mostly Stay Away

By Thy Vo17 hours ago

Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was greeted by nearly two hundred people from across Orange County at the Westminster Rose Center Friday afternoon, including Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders.

But Clinton, the only presidential candidate to ever visit Little Saigon, drew relatively few Vietnamese American voters to the audience. Unlike most other Asian subgroups, Vietnamese have long leaned Republican, and nearly all the Vietnamese American elected officials in the county are registered Republicans.

Compared to local rallies for Republican candidate Donald Trump, where protestors for and against Trump have clashed violently, Clinton's was tame and orderly.

She was introduced by Asian Americans leaders like congresswoman Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park); Trung Ta, a prominent Vietnamese American Democrat in Orange County; and two-time Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan. Westminster council members Diana Carey and Sergio Contreras were also in attendance.

Much of Clinton's remarks were a repeat of her speech in San Diego on Thursday, where she characterized Trump as divisive, extreme and unfit to serve as commander-in-chief.

"That's why we can't let him near the White House. His idea about immigration is to create what he's calling a deportation force," said Clinton Friday. "Where they knock down doors and pull people out...that is so un-American."

Although Clinton is likely to be the Democratic nominee, her edge over Sen. Bernie Sanders has narrowed in recent weeks thanks in part to a swell in support for Sanders among young Latino and Asian American voters. According to a Los Angeles Times poll, Clinton has a ten percent lead over Sanders among likely voters.

After the event in Westminster, Clinton attended a private event with supporters in Santa Ana at a restaurant called Crave, and then moved on to events in Culver City and San Bernardino.


Contact Thy Vo at tvo@voiceofoc.org or follow her on Twitter @thyanhvo.

The flag is interesting.

 

[Viet]

if anyone has interest to visit Little Saigon in Orange County (there are many Little Saigon in the States by the way). take exit and follow the sign.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Aren‘t you right-wing?
Why do you stay away?Hillary has some smell of democracy.

It depends, Donald Trump probably won't give a crap about that little irrelevant country known as Vietnam, whether he can point it out on the map or not.

While Hillary Clinton might continue to sponsor more color revolutions to overthrow the Vietcong in process.

 

[Emperor_of_Mankind]

Hillary will destroy this country. We

It depends, Donald Trump probably won't give a crap about that little irrelevant country known as Vietnam, whether he can point it out on the map or not.

While Hillary Clinton might continue to sponsor more color revolutions to overthrow the Vietcong in process.

I don't think that will happen, the last thing the US wants is to destabilize a country that can try to contain China. I stress try lol.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Hillary will destroy this country. We


I don't think that will happen, the last thing the US wants is to destabilize a country that can try to contain China. I stress try lol.

The US might still consider the current Vietcong government isn't pro-US enough, so they wanna replace it with a 100% pro-US government like the former ROV. Just look at those middle eastern dictators, they all used to pro-US, but in the end the US just betrayed them one by one with the Arab Spring in attempt to install the even more puppet governments, but this plan had failed as the radical religious fundamentalists came to power.

You sound like a little loser. I had expected a better post from you.

Well, I was stressing the fact, whether you like it or not.

 

[Emperor_of_Mankind]

The US might still consider the current Vietcong government isn't pro-US enough, so they wanna replace it with a 100% pro-US government like the former ROV. Just look at those middle eastern dictators, they all used to pro-US, but in the end the US just betrayed them one by one with the Arab Spring in attempt to install the even more puppet governments, but this plan had failed as the radical religious fundamentalists came to power.



Well, I was stressing the fact, whether you like it or not.

The current Vietnamese government is already compliant, I don't think there is a need for a regime change. In fact they are begging for a master.

 

[Viet]

The US might still consider the current Vietcong government isn't pro-US enough, so they wanna replace it with a 100% pro-US government like the former ROV. Just look at those middle eastern dictators, they all used to pro-US, but in the end the US just betrayed them one by one with the Arab Spring in attempt to install the even more puppet governments, but this plan had failed as the radical religious fundamentalists came to power.



Well, I was stressing the fact, whether you like it or not.

What fact?

You only spew insult and unrelated thing.

I tell you what fact is: there are about 10,000 Viet businesses in Orange County. That alone makes impression on US politicians.