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How Georgia's 1st Vietnamese American state rep is continuing Stacey Abrams' fight

Bee Nguyen took over Abrams' seat in the state House in 2017. Now she's also battling voter suppression and galvanizing Asian Americans.


Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen, D-Atlanta.Courtesy Bee Nguyen


Dec. 30, 2020, 5:04 PM UTC
By Claire Wang

When President Donald Trump's campaign launched a legal challenge this month to overturn Georgia's election results, state Rep. Bee Nguyen, a Democrat from Atlanta, found a way to knock down the claim that more than 1,000 fraudulent ballots had been cast.

After she got a list of voters alleged to be living out of state, she scrutinized public records, cross-referenced birthdates, made calls and visited people to verify their identities.

She determined that at least 128 names on the list — more than 10 percent — traced to Georgia residents who voted legally. At a recent state House hearing, she confronted the Trump-aligned data analyst who compiled the list. A 12-minute video of her presentation has been widely shared and covered by mainstream media.

"It was critical that I talked to voters themselves," Nguyen said. She said Georgia's long history of voter suppression makes unsubstantiated claims of mass fraud "extremely dangerous." (After a recount, Georgia certified Joe Biden as the winner of the state.)

Nguyen, 39, describes herself as a member of the New South, a rising coalition of younger Black, Latino and Asian American progressives who have turned Georgia, formerly a Republican stronghold, into a battleground state. Since she became the first Vietnamese American elected to the Legislature three years ago, taking over a House seat held by former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, she has been an outspoken advocate for voting rights, especially for racial minorities and immigrants long targeted by Republicans' voter suppression tactics.

Now, with two Senate runoff elections approaching, Nguyen is cautiously optimistic that Asian American and Pacific Islanders — who helped flip the state from red to blue in November — can again provide the margin of victory for Democrats. If Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff both win Jan. 5, Democrats will secure control of the Senate.

"There's still a lot of energy in Georgia," she said, noting that early voting returns are keeping pace with those from the general election. "But in many households, AAPI folks are not groomed to be part of the political process or understand how to be a part of it."

Although it is rapidly growing, the Asian American community in the South is still learning to navigate the political process. The sophisticated grassroots efforts that drove record numbers of AAPI voters to the polls in November, such as in-language phone-banking and relational organizing, started maturing only over the past few election cycles.

Given the tight time frame before the runoffs, Nguyen said, organizers have had to be more selective with their mobilization strategies. Rather than devote resources to converting undecided and conservative voters, they've focused on mobilizing registered Democrats who already voted for Biden. In mid-December, Nguyen tweeted out a list of constituents in her district whose mail-in ballots were rejected because of missing or mismatched signatures, urging her followers to alert the people so the errors could be fixed before the runoffs. She hosted a canvass at her home Tuesday.

"We know with runoff elections it's always a turnout game," she said. "It's a turnout game with people we know are going to be on our side."

Nguyen, a daughter of refugees, said her upbringing heavily influenced her activism and politics. Her parents resettled in Iowa after the Vietnam War, and trauma from the conflict gave them a deep distrust of government. Her father, who was imprisoned for three years during the war, wanted to live a quiet life in the U.S. while staying out of politics as much as possible.

"That framed my perspective in terms of what empowerment meant for my family," she said. "It was important to me that I found a space where I could support other people who didn't feel like they had a voice at the table."

In her late 20s, Nguyen founded the Atlanta-based nonprofit Athena's Warehouse, which provides used prom dresses to high schoolers from low-income families. While she was building the organization, she saw a disconnect between the laws that politicians were enacting and the needs of their constituents. So in August 2017, when Abrams left her seat to campaign for governor, she ran and won, becoming only the second Asian American in Georgia's Legislature.

By the end of her first term, Nguyen had helped campaigns to stop the closing of several South Georgia voting precincts and to largely repeal an onerous "exact match" voter registration law, which had frozen 53,000 applications during the 2018 midterm elections.

Asian Americans are 2.5 percent of Georgia's electorate — doubling their share from four years ago. During that time, the number of Asian American representatives in local government has grown from one to six. (In November, Nguyen won re-election unopposed.)

Greater political representation, Nguyen said, can trigger a "shift in understanding" about the unique needs of Asian constituents. One of the more pressing issues is to expand language access for limited English speakers, she said, so they can get timely translations of election materials and emergency notices during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Like many other AAPI activists and politicians in Georgia, Nguyen credits Abrams for being the first statewide politician to recognize Asian Americans as an important contingent of the emergent New South, alongside their Black and Latino neighbors. (After she ran for office, Nguyen was a senior fellow at Abrams' voting rights organization, Fair Fight Action.) During her gubernatorial bid, Abrams invested in multilingual outreach efforts to the group and got 78 percent of its vote.

"Now we're in a space where people do recognize that there are enough AAPI voters to influence elections if we're invited to be part of this broad-based coalition," Nguyen said.





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Sếp Mỹ "sô-vanh" bị bắt giữ.

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Police arrest Proud Boys leader over Black Lives Matter flag burning

The leader of the far-right group was charged with destruction of property for allegedly stealing and burning a BLM banner. The arrest comes days ahead of a pro-Trump rally.


Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested days ahead of a pro-Trump rally

The leader of the US far-right Proud Boys group was arrested Monday in Washington, police said in a statement.

Officers charged 36-year-old Enrique Tarrio with destruction of property at the Asbury United Methodist Church, a largely African-American church in Washington, DC.

Tarrio and others allegedly stole and burned a Black Lives Matter banner from the church during violent protests on December 12.

The group leader was hit with additional charges of possessing two illegal high-capacity firearm magazines at the time of his arrest, police said.

He was arrested when he entered the District of Columbia, which houses the US capital.

Who are the Proud Boys?

The all-male organization describes itself as a haven for "Western chauvinists."

It has touted anti-Muslim, anti-transgender, anti-immigration and anti-Semitic views, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The group became a household name when President Donald Trump mentioned them during a pre-election debate with President-elect Joe Biden in November. At the time, Trump said: "Proud Boys – stand back and stand by."

Arrest days ahead of pro-Trump rally

The arrest comes as members of the Proud Boys are set to join other supporters of Trump on Wednesday for a mass rally.

The demonstration is timed to coincide with a Congress meeting that will certify the results of the US presidential election in November.

Demonstrators plan to show support for Trump's unfounded claim that he won the November 3 presidential election, rather than Joe Biden.

Washington police said Monday they were worried about potential violence, particularly from groups like the Proud Boys during the rally.

They warned that people carrying firearms would be arrested.


The Proud Boys describes itself as a haven for 'Western chauvinists'

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Lúc bị phú lít xét giấy ảnh còn xách theo mấy băng đạn nữa cho nên càng nặng tội hơn.

Văn phòng thông báo cho nhân viên tuỳ nghi nghỉ hai bữa vì tình hình Hoa xinh tân đang sôi sục, do phe bảo hủ đòi làm loạn. Nghe nói khắp thành phố ngày hôm nay đi mua không ra một cái hộp quẹt vì đám biểu tình mua sạch (đi máy bay không cho mang theo). Chút nữa nấu cơm chấc phải học lại cách mồi lửa bằng rơm ở trong YouTube.

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Lúc bị phú lít xét giấy ảnh còn xách theo mấy băng đạn nữa cho nên càng nặng tội hơn.

Văn phòng thông báo cho nhân viên tuỳ nghi nghỉ hai bữa vì tình hình Hoa xinh tân đang sôi sục, do phe bảo hủ đòi làm loạn. Nghe nói khắp thành phố ngày hôm nay đi mua không ra một cái hộp quẹt vì đám biểu tình mua sạch (đi máy bay không cho mang theo). Chút nữa nấu cơm chấc phải học lại cách mồi lửa bằng rơm ở trong YouTube.

Rồi hết lửa sao thổi cơm. Ăn bắp luộc mua sẵn đỡ đi thầy.

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Chưa có tin chấn động gian lận trên youtube. Chắc các anh chị quạt bự đang cắt ráp mần clips làm bằng chứng (???).

Một cặp đã có kết quả:

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Decision Desk has just projected Democrat Jon Ossoff as the winner of the Senate race against Republican David Perdue! Senate is now in Democrat control as well.
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/20...t-control.html

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Coi đám Trâm binh hiện nguyên hình thành côn đồ:



Lưu manh giả danh yêu nước.

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LOẠN TRÂM BINH:

Bà thị trưởng vừa ban hành giới nghiêm ở DC từ 6 giờ chiều hôm nay đến 6 giờ sáng mai. Phản lực cơ bay rần rần. Black hawks bay rần rần.

Được làm vua, thua làm loạn.

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Coi đám Trâm binh hiện nguyên hình thành côn đồ:

Có lúc, mình thấy trong đám côn đồ ấy có đứa cầm cờ vàng ba sọc đỏ. Trộm nghĩ, đây là cuộc biểu tình ủng hộ Trump. Những người tham dự với tư cách cá nhân hoặc của một nhóm người, chứ không phải của toàn thể cộng đồng người Việt hải ngoại nên việc xử dụng lá cờ là một việc lạm dụng.

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Chả biết anh này, người cầm cờ vàng ba sọc đỏ, đại diện cho ai? Cho nhóm người nào? Càng nhòm càng chán.

Trộm nghĩ, đây là cuộc biểu tình làm ô danh nước Mỹ nhất từ trước đến nay. Mấy trăm năm nay, chưa hề có và, sau này cũng chưa chắc có? Vì nhẽ đám côn đồ đã đập phá để tràn vào tòa nhà QH, là nơi mà luật pháp của nước Mỹ được tạo nên, là một nơi trong nhiều nơi tượng trưng quyền lực của nước Mỹ. Tồi tệ hơn là cuộc biểu tình này bị kích động bởi chính tổng thống sắp mãn nhiệm là Trump. Một người tự gọi mình là tổng thống của "law and orders" nhưng lại hành xử như đám côn đồ, chả coi luật pháp ra gì.