'Why does congressional representation of these populations of Americans matter? Not because of our skin color or ethnicity but because of our experience living under the evils of communism.' -Hung Cao
My family knows the evils of communism well. My mother was the last person to see my grandfather alive. “I’ll be back soon,” he told her as the Vietminh hauled him away in the middle of the night. His body was never found, but proof of his murder was returned to his wife and children. My father’s father was also taken away from his family, but thanks to his skills as an electrical engineer, he was conscripted to maintain power in mobile hospitals.
So many Americans have immigrated to the U.S. with similar experiences, whether having escaped Vietnam or the countless other oppressive communist regimes worldwide. Yet their experiences are scarcely represented in our nation’s leadership. In the 116th Congress, just 3% of members were foreign-born, and an even smaller amount had escaped communism. Yet, in 2017 alone, 1.
Is our nation turning into the same authoritarian regimes we have fought against for nearly 250 years? Cancel culture suppresses speech and punishes dissenters. Government agencies vilify those who question their power, such as when the Biden Justice Department sent the FBI after parents who questioned critical race theory in local school board meetings, or when the Obama administration used the IRS to target political foes.
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