Life in the people's republic of California

I am not going to post the whole speech or the video, American Power has both in full.

The California State Senate honored Senator Tom Hayden two days prior. Hayden along with Jane Fonda traveled to Hanoi during the height of the Vietnam War and gave significant propeganda value to the Communist Vietnamese. The two of them served as traitors to the United States but they were liberals and Democrats so they got a pass.

Yesterday, California Senator Janet Nguyen, a Vietnam War Refugee stood to read a statement. She was repeatedly interrupted and then physically removed from the Senate Chambers. Here are the opening couple paragraphs of her statement:

Dear Senators and the People:
I and the children of the former South Vietnam soldiers will never forget the support of former Senator Tom Hayden for the Communist government of Vietnam and the oppression by the Communist Government of Vietnam for the people of Vietnam.

After 40 years, the efforts by people like him have hurt the people of Vietnam and have worked to stop the Vietnamese refugees from coming to the United States, a free country. We will always continue to fight for freedom and human rights for the people of Vietnam.

Members, I recognize today in memory of the million of Vietnamese and the hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees who died seeking freedom and democracy. I recognize that on Tuesday you had an opportunity to honor Senator Tom Hayden. With all due respect, I would like to offer another historical perspective.

On Tuesday, instead of participating, I chose to step out of the chamber out of respect to his family, his friends and to you. In contrast to your comments on Tuesday, I want to share what Senator Hayden meant to me and to the over 500,000 Vietnamese Americans who call California their home, as well as to the over 1 million Vietnamese Americans across the United States.

The California State Senate should be very much ashamed of themselves and Senator Nguyen needs to run for a Congressional seat in a couple of years. We need more people like her.