But Jerry isn't California a sanctuary state? I guess it's a sanctuary for south of the border future democrat refugees but not anti-communist Vietnamese refugees. Old article but shows the governor's and the state's hypocrisy.
It’s because the Vietnamese people work for a living and save their money consequently they are not at the mercy of the dems in power. They might even vote Republican!
Yup, Brown would slam the door on anyone who might be anti-Communist (or Socialist) - regardless of the fact that these refugees actually faced death. As opposed to rolling out the welcome mat to the current crop of illegal intruders who enter the USA in search of free handouts.
Nice find!
Moonbeam was a racist bastard before he wasn’t a racist bastard. /s
But we are nation of illegal immigrants! Brown is racist!
Jerry opposed the Vietnamese because they were a lock for the GOP vote.
That changed after 1992 and now they’re Democrat supporters.
Past statements like this are never a problem for Democrats.
They just say they’ve “evolved,” or they’ve “grown,” and blame society or Republicans for making them do bad things in the past.
The MSM leaves it at that.
Maybe it’s a difference in eyes that bother him? /s
Vietnamese. Good work ethic. Entrepreneurial. Over achievers in education. Nope. Not potential Rat voters.
People who fled Communist death squads?
Can’t have people who have an understanding of just what Communism is.
Brown is just another lefty hypocrite who dreams of being king dictator.
Vietnamese aint the problem dumb***!
Because they were anti-Communist.
South Vietnamese refuges were not socialists - at least not in any great numbers.
But some time around the late '80s and early '90s they realized that they were losing big time among the citizens of many generations, and that if they didn't flood the country with Third World immigrants, legally and illegally, that would no longer be a viable political party.
Strictly political opportunism. You sure can't accuse any of these Dims of having any consistent standards or principles, or any concern about what their policies will do to this nation in the long run. Just looking toward the next few elections.
Ok I just gotta jump in here.
I know, 1975 was a long, long time ago, and you are talking about then, not now.
I know that. I really do. But it has been a long, long time since then. The people of Vietnam still have the same government, but it seems to have become a much, much more moderate place now.
Really.
Keep in mind, that Vietnam now, is a balance to the influence of China. Another country, but one which we have been busily building up as quickly as we could, for 30 years now.
Meanwhile, Vietnam has NOT been supporting China. They have even fought a couple of times.
Recently our Navy, sent an aircraft carrier to Da Nang, for five days.
Vietnam is not the enemy.
...Gov. Jerry Brown 1975: Don’t ‘Dump Vietnamese’ Refugees on California...
Of course he was against Vietnam refugees. They were overtly anti Communist/Socialist and fleeing from oppression by them. They just wouldn’t fit in living in the Golden State.
“We can’t be looking 5,000 miles away and at the same time neglecting people who live here,”
Not surprising that the slime-bucket, commie Jerry Brown would hate Vietnamese fleeing from communist Vietnam. Brown was cheering for the VC (Vietcong) and NVA (North Vietnam Army) every day our troops were in country.
Jerry Brown from 1995
http://nation.foxnews.com/jerry-brown/2010/10/14/jerry-brown-flashback-we-need-more-welfare-and-fewer-jobs
The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs. Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I’m talking about welfare for all. Without it, you’re going to have warfare for all. Without a universal health care like every other civilized country, without a minimum level of income, this country will explode. You can’t blame the guy at the bottom forever. At some point there’s a reaction and we’ll see that the real criminals are those calling the tune, making the rules, and walking to the bank. We have the money, we have the brain power. The United States now has the highest measured wealth of any nation ever in the history of the world. We could rebuild our cities, we could create the kind of buying power and community well-being that will provide for peace. The guaranteed income is one way.
Another way is to have always the availability of work in a nonprofit, in community service. A third is to start giving people training to develop skills where they can be self-supporting. You could come up with a cash supplement. Even conservatives have suggested a negative income tax to cut out the bureaucracy. If we were smart, we’d get rid of welfare and give people a family assistance like they do in Europe…
The problem isn’t even a problem. Automation and technology would be a great boon if it were creative, if there were more leisure, more opportunity to engage in raising a family, providing guidance to the young, all the stuff we say we need. America will work if we’re all in it together. It’ll work when there’s a shared sense of destiny. It can be done! It’s all there! What isn’t there is the leadership to create the kind of social network, the safety net, the distribution that would truly create a just and equal society…
We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of let’s-take-care-of-one-another. That’s the creative challenge. First, expose relentlessly the big lie that comes over the tube every night-that if you just go out and find that job, and work harder, it’ll all be fine. It won’t! There’s not enough work to go around and a lot of the pay is not fair. Unless you totally yank up that system and create a better one, unless the spirit changes, unless the heart opens, unless we confront power with the truth of our own unarmed but absolute fearless truth, we’re not going to overcome it. Evil is too embedded to be overcome by anything other than a spiritual challenge.