Let California state Sen. Janet Nguyen be heard on Vietnam

[TomSea]

Let California state Sen. Janet Nguyen be heard on Vietnam
Feb. 24, 2017

t isn’t every day that a state senator is forcibly removed from the Senate floor, but that is exactly what happened to state Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Garden Grove, yesterday. Her crime? Holding an opposing viewpoint.

“She was declared to be out of order, her microphone was cut off and she was repeatedly told to take her seat by presiding Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens,” the Register noted. “However, she continued to speak until Lara ordered the sergeants at arms to escort her from the Senate chambers.”

She had risen to offer remarks critical of the late former Sen. Tom Hayden for his opposition to American involvement in Vietnam, which included friendly visits to communist North Vietnam and Cambodia during the war. On Tuesday, Hayden was lionized in a memorial ceremony by Democrats on the Senate floor. So why, on Thursday, could Sen. Nguyen not offer another view in that same chamber? Because, according to the Sacramento Bee, “Hayden had never impugned her.”

The rule appears to be similar to one used against U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., when she attempted to read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King that was critical of Jeff Sessions. State Republicans seem to think so. They have adopted the hashtag #shepersisted, which gained a following after Warren continued her speech on the other side of the Senate doors.

And, just like Sen. Warren, state Sen. Nguyen should have been allowed to speak. Offering respectful criticism of fellow lawmakers, or former lawmakers, is reasonable. But crushing dissenting speech is a grave problem, regardless of which party wields the gavel.

Continued: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/state-744876-every-senate.html

Nguyen for Governor?

Did the Democrats just gift California Republicans a viable candidate for governor?

Republicans don’t have a real candidate for governor in 2018. The two best possibilities – former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin and current San Diego Alcalde Kevin Faulconer – don’t seem too interested. And who can blame them? The party brand is tarnished, and the party leadership has been making missteps, like bringing the party together behind President Trump, who could lose statewide to the Devil if the Prince of the Underworld decided to make a run for office.

Into this hopeless voids drops hope, in the form of State Senator Janet Nguyen.

Continued: http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2017/03/nguyen-for-governor/

More: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-janet-nguyen-senate-democrats-20170302-story.html

California's Democrats created a new GOP star when they booted Janet Nguyen from the Senate floor

This can be merged with the other thread or left here. This is exciting news.

[endicom]

Which ****en is of Vietnamese heritage?


A) Tom Hayden

B) Janet Nguyen

[TomSea]

Which ****en is of Vietnamese heritage?


A) Tom Hayden

B) Janet Nguyen

I don't get what was bleeped out there, ****   .

We certainly need folks like this; and though, not a solid conservative bloc, Southeast Asians/Asians have been known to have conservative beliefs.

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[endicom]

I don't get what was bleeped out there, ****   .

Hayd

Nguy