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| Among Vietnamese American voters, the Trump-Biden presidential race inflames old wounds |
| 2020-10-18 |
| This discusses politics among the Vietnamese-Americans in the Seattle area. It surprised me that any Vietnamese were considering voting for Biden, since their cousins in my red state are (1) very heavily armed -- I'm talking near company-level TOE -- (2) charmingly say "Communist" when they mean "Democrat", and (3) would crawl over ground glass to vote for Trump again. [SeattleTimes] They were called traitors, communists and, in a common Vietnamese insult, dogs. Such was the reaction in some quarters of the internet when material about Vietnamese Americans for Biden hit social media last month. Big, red X’s covered the faces of those pictured, including Democratic Washington state Rep. My-Linh Thai. "Joe Biden is a man who worshipped China," claimed one Facebook poster in Vietnamese. Another objection, with enormous resonance in a community that leans heavily for President Donald Trump: Biden, the Facebook poster said, opposed taking in refugees after the Vietnam War. Those claims are contested by progressives, who assert it is Trump who has strengthened China and that Biden has had complicated but ultimately critical positions on that communist country before the check cleared, that is. Such are the battles among Vietnamese Americans in the run-up to the November election, immersed in historical wounds relating to war, a repressive communist regime You mean, there's another type? and an age-old enmity toward China, which once occupied Vietnam. The trauma is still palpable, with some vividly recalling their harrowing boat escape from Vietnam. Related: Vietnamese American: 2019-01-05 These refugees were elected to Congress before Ilhan Omar Vietnamese American: 2018-10-22 Wave of Vietnamese Americans run for office in Orange County Vietnamese American: 2008-12-07 Crook "Cold Cash" "Dollar Bill" Jefferson LOSES to "Community Organizer" Cao! |
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