Regarding Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez' recent negative statement about the Vietnamese American community:
The Vietnamese American Republican Coalition (VARC) rejects Congresswoman Sanchez's assertion that the Vietnamese and Republicans are trying to "take away" her seat.
It is, in fact, the American people's seat, and it is clear that the citizens of California are eager for a new representative who is dedicated to creating jobs, not inciting racial divides and conflicts among communities of America.
Candidate Van Tran is focused on bringing the community together to get Californians and Americans back to work, and we support him in his efforts.
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Van Tran at an event with Latino and Vietnamese American supporters.
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Summary of Facts:
Multi-term Democratic Congresswoman Sanchez has refused to debate her Republican opponent, "Young Gun" Van Tran, on issues, despite Tran's repeated invitations.
With the 47th District being one of the few districts in California that does not have an overwhelming majority of voters favoring one political party over the other, the race is extremely close. Recent polls show that Tran is within the margin of error of Sanchez.
Yet, instead of running on her own achievements and engaging in serious debates with Tran on important issues, Congresswoman Sanchez attempted to incite a racial conflict between Vietnamese and Latino communities, and slanted the Vietnamese American voters as "going after my seat."
Appearing on Spanish-language Univision TV show, she claimed: "The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, trying to take this seat from which we have done so much for our community - to take this seat and give it to this Van Tran, who is very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic."
Her negative slant against Van Tran and the Vietnamese American community has drawn national criticism.
