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Donald Trump has gotten pretty far in the race for the White House, but not all Republicans support the brash businessman for the highest office in the nation.
Little Saigon, one of the most politically active Asian-American communities says many of its members will not vote if real estate mogul Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee for president. Vietnamese-Americans are one of the most politically engaged, and many of them who arrived in the U.S. as refugees have been strong supporters of the Republican party. Le Khac Ly, who was a colonel in the South Vietnamese armed forces said he is worried and disappointed about the future of the U.S. if Trump were to win the White House bid.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Tampa, Fla., Monday, March 14, 2016. Vietnamese Americans are wary of voting for the presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
“If he becomes president, the first thing I can see is the United States are losing more friends in the world. Instead, the United States will have more enemies,” Le said.
Hugh Tra who is a part of the younger generation of Vietnamese-Americans who are affiliated with the Democratic Party, said he feels the Republican side has been a circus.
He said regardless of party affiliation, the Vietnamese community is turned off by Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric, proposing to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and calling undocumented immigrants from Mexico criminals and rapists.
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