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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nOn February 23rd on the floor of the California State Senate, Janet Nguyen, representing her constituents, offered an alternate view of the celebratory memorial for Tom Hayden, anti-Vietnam War activist and one-time Jane Fonda spouse. Her version of the life of Hayden and his impact on American history ran afoul of the prevailing opinion in the California State Senate, so she was forcibly removed from the Senate by officers according to Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n On Saturday, hundreds of people, including Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese-Americans from Nguyen\u2019s Orange County district, held a rally demanding a public apology to them and the lawmaker — though she apparently has received a private apology from Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon. <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re getting support from around the world,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cPeople are saying that I have a right to speak even though they don\u2019t agree with me.\u201d<\/p>\n She also argued that she was merely presenting \u201ca different historical perspective\u201d to Hayden\u2019s \u201cactive support of North Vietnam\u2019s communist regime during the Vietnam War.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Senate Democrats claim that Nguyen received a private apology, but she denies that happened and now wants a public apology.<\/p>\n Nguyen lived in South Vietnam as a child and fled with her family after its U.S.-backed government fell. Her Senate district includes the largest concentration of Vietnamese people outside of Vietnam. She lost an uncle in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n Nguyen also said that…she was inspired as a child by Ronald Reagan to become a Republican.<\/p>\n \u201cI was one of the boat people, and Ronald Reagan was the one who opened the doors to the refugees,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’m thinking that she has a civil rights case since her political speech was silenced by the government. Democrats contend that she spoke out of turn, but it seems odd to me that her alternate version of the impact Hayden had on history just happened to be the subject that was interrupted.<\/p>\n Thanks to Mick for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"