SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez says she didn’t intend to offend anyone when she told a reporter that “the Vietnamese” and Republicans were trying to take her seat representing California’s Orange County.
Sanchez said Friday she “used a poor choice of words that some people have taken as offensive” in a Spanish-language interview with Jorge Ramos on Univision’s Sunday morning show, “Al Punto.” She said she apologizes if she offended anyone.
She also referred to her opponent, Republican Assemblyman Van Tran, as “very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic,” in the interview.
The Orange County Register reported Thursday that Tran had asked for an apology. His campaign manager said Sanchez’s comment was an attack against immigrants and the Vietnamese community.
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GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:31amWell having lived in South Texas for over 60 years, I can tell you without any fear of contradiction, that IF the Hispanics in Commiefornia are anything like they are here in Texas, Mr. Tran ain’t got a prayer. Unless of course Ms.Chiquita Banana ends up in jail with out bail before the election. But if she did make bail, all bets would be off.
Report Post »Nick
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:24amPS: This congressperson should EXPECT that a Republican would be trying to take her representative seat.
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:29amLOL! No question about it. Step down.
Report Post »PaleRyder
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:23amYou have shown America your true democrat racist side. It is the human debris like you have helped put this nation where it is today. You have no morals just your hate,racism and lying fraudulent ways to lead you. Sadly,you are the poster child for the bigots and hate-america first democrat party.
Report Post »Nick
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:22amThis congressperson needs: 1) Spanish 101 and 2) Political Science 101. It is a travesty that she was elected to represent Calivornians. Illegal aliens (regardless of their point of origin) must be removed from the US even if they are doing work US citizens don’t want to do. Legal aliens, including those from Vietnam, should be welcomed by our elected officials.
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:19amI am sick and tired of the illegals and the double standards for the left. Thank God for legal immigrants like the Vietnamese…I’m only sorry that they have to put up with the racists on the left.
Report Post »RobR
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:19amNext we’ll be hearing Obama stumping for Cap & Trade in farsi………..for real.
Report Post »VM
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:19amNo offence to Hispanics.Is the immigration issue is the sole property of Hispanics? Vietnamese came to this country legally and they have been a law abiding community. In almost every strip mall, we can find NAILS shop owned and operated by industrious Vietnamese. They contribute to the economy of this great nation. If a Vietnamese is seeking election to Congress and opposing this Hispanic lady there is nothing wrong. The seat doest not belong to a particular ethnic group. She has played a very dirty politics and I hope voters will answer her in November.
Report Post »Mikee T
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:48pmIt isn’t about the hispanics……..it’s about the proliferation of the spanish culture (number, polulation)…it’s about “dominating” the hispanic vote……it’s about power and control…… Progressive liberals could no more care about ANY minorities than the man on the moon…this is about their power hungry appetites….and they will never rest regardless of right or wrong….they are evil…plain and simple. The people that support them MAY just be bleeding heart liberals but they (unfortunately) are lost sheep looking to be led and really have no clue…they (their voting base) cannot see the forest from the trees……..
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:11amI giggled at her tone.
Report Post »She was helplessly pleading and cajoling almost begging latinos
” do something , that Vietnamese will take my seat”
Since I don’t watch the ManiacMedia,
did her racist rant get any coverage by them ?
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lobster
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:57pmLoretta Sanchez is only latino by marriage, that’s why her Espanol is lousy. Remember that she stole the election from Bob by submitting 900 plus ballots that were not kosher, ala Franken.
Report Post »RetiredFF
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:10amIt sickens me that voters don’t care about things like that.
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:50pmI can see November from my house.
Report Post »bobojake
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:48pmThrow her geister into the next county. She is just as Corrupt and INCOMPETENT as barry hussein obama.
Report Post »RetiredFF
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:42pmOops, got it now. She reverted back to her maiden name for the votes. Just the same, it speaks volumes about who she really is.
Report Post »RetiredFF
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:32pmIsn’t she the woman who ran with an Anglo name once, then changed it to her husband’s just to get the votes? I seem to remember that.
Report Post »drconstitutionalconservative
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:30pmIsn‘t it amaqzing this disaster ISN’T actually a “Latino”. She has a Spanish/Mexican surname by marriage. So, the is a LINO, Latino In Name Only. She is also not worth voting for, she has done NOTHING but make things in The Demokratik Republica De Kalifornia much worse in her yeasrs of corruption, deception, lies and laws that simply do not work for all of the people. She has been completely NON-Transparent, and, she is arrogant, ignorant, and doesn’t deserve to claim she has helped anyone there. It’s time she went away and stopepd making the nation worse, from her very presence.
Report Post »Two_Kids_Dad
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:38pmNo, Sanchez is her maiden name and Brixey is her married name. She married Steven Brixey and took his name until it was convenient for her to rediscover her maiden name to snow the ignorant racists in her district that blindly vote for whoever seems to be “like them.”
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:27pmshe was too busy rolling the free burritos to notice over 80% of America is White and Other, 12% is black… and WE ARE LISTENING AND TAKING NAMES.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:21pmLiberals must get their prospective leaders from the sewers because they all stink. Semper Fi.
Report Post »carol m
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:20pmDid you notice that she can barely speak spanish. I could probably speak it better than her. For someone that is trying to appeal to her base you would think that she would at least learn the language enough to speak it fluently and not stumble over the words. Racism is ok as long as you are a democrat and spewing it against republicans or apparently vietnamese people.
Report Post »jcatlanta
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:18amI wasn’t going to say that but now that you bring it up. Her accent and grammar stunk. She was searching for words. It is so refreshing to finally see the left get their own crap shoved back in their face. I grew up in South Texas and speak Spanish. This was just race baiting and I’m glad she got called on it. We don’t need that crap in our country.
Report Post »titan
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:04ami guess the rosette stone for spanish hasn’t been working out to good for her. lol
Report Post »Mikee T
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:45pmAnd do you think she is even capable of deciphering these convoluted bills that these little lawyer wananbes write for our legislators ? My guess is absolutely no clue what’s in what she signs !!!! What shape our country is in, what a disgrace !! Have we finally been awakened people ? Get out there and educate your family and friends……..FAST !!! This has been a slow but steady progressive movement for 50 years and now, and only now (because of the Tea Party primarily) are people paying attention and saying …. WHAT ??? Well, the only ammo we have is our voting rights….Get er done !!
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:16pmFurthermore, after watching the clip again, I have just one question for Srta. Sanchez, “¿Que? No hablo Español .”
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:46pmTo finish your thought to congressperson Sanchez, Inglaise’ por favor, Puta.
Report Post »Momma M
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:12pmAnd Democrats have the audacity to call me a “racist”?
Why is it that Democrats can have a “slip of the tongue”, but a TeaParty Activist is a racist, even when he’s standing with a fellow-activist… who happens to be BLACK?
This administration has certainly changed the “racial atmosphere” we’d worked SO HARD to obtain! And it’s certainly NOT a change for the better!
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:11pmSo….her oppone6 has never said anything bad about Hispanics…..so play the Race Card……again?
Report Post »BQI
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:07pmLiberals are coming apart. They realize the trouble they’re in and comments like these just confirm their confused and angry they are to the idea of losing control and power. For them, everything in life comes down to race, gender or national origin. They are pathetic and will soon have plenty of time to sit around and lick their wounds.
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Report Post »SureSure
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:40pmThanks for giving me another place to look for opinions BQI.
Report Post »chubbzbar
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 3:03pmThank you — what an awesome website! Not only in content but in execution and visual effect.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:07pmApology not accepted, Congresswoman.
Report Post »NancyJean
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:34amWhat apology? The article says, “She said she apologizes if she offended anyone.” The non-apology. You either screwed up Congresswoman, in which case, you need to apologize, without caveats, or you didn’t. Don’t equivocate.
Report Post »Sicboy
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:06pmI lived in Huntingtom Beach when this woman beat B1 Bob Dornan for this seat. She repreasents a poverty riden area. And she is a “RACE” baiter. Hopefully OC will rise up and throw this woman out.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:35pmI lived in HB at the same time. You have Sanchez pegged right.
Report Post »keepemhonest
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 2:05pmWhen interviewed for the Orange County Register recently, the Democrat from Santa Ana, CA., stated that she was in favor of citizenship for illegals if they learned English and payed a fine. However, when asked at a “townhall” meeting whether she felt that ANY immigrant from ANY Country deserved the same consideration Ms. Sanchez refused to answer. Is that considered Racist?
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:01pmWow wheres the outrage form the left. Nothing reported anywhere but here.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:49amThe SILENCE is deafening …. once again.
Report Post »ILOVEGLENNBECK
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 10:59pm“She also referred to her opponent, Republican Assemblyman Van Tran, as “very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic,” in the interview.”
But it’s okay if she is very anti Vietnamese? What the??????
Report Post »Chris G
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:26pmAm I the only person in this world that was offended by her giving the interview in SPANISH?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:47amNO Chris you are not! She is part of the problem .. vote her out! If a conservative made a racist remark like that they would be told to step down.
Report Post »paleoconservatarian
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 1:17amDo not question the double standard. It is a fact of life that must be acknowledged the double standard exists for those who share the values of a progressive. The double standard is good, the double standard is just. The double standard is a way of life for many of our progressive countryman.
Report Post »TeaPartyTim
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 3:34amMr. Tran is “very anti-immigration?” I get the feeling that Mr. Tran understands what immigration is all about..
Report Post »PostProgressiveAmerican
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 7:17amAnything less than open borders is now “anti-immigration.”
More importantly, notice the typical tactic of the Left: if you can’t win based on your positions supported by rational and civil open debate, win by deception: personalize it and charge it emotionally by making it a racial issue.
An act of the truly desperate.
Report Post »JKN
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 8:22amSuch a blaring double standard in this country… I suspect that if a “white” person had made these remarks, that person would be out of a job – El Pronto! This is not a “poor choice of words”… This is outright racism – using race to maintain her seat… Truly disgraceful.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:12amWasnt she in another big controversy a few days ago???
Report Post »Mikee T
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:41pmNo Chris……..I wasn’t offended…just irritated…….. They are out of control……Speak English B@#tch !!
Report Post »drbage
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 1:08pmHow ironic that when she was in the House as a Republican, she used her anglo married name, but when she flip-flopped to the Dems she started using her Hispanic maiden name. Nope, no hypocrisy there.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 1:31pmShe’s a Democrat. She isn’t even smart enough to know she is being a hypocrite.
Report Post »victropolis
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 6:51pmRegarding being offended that she spoke Spanish during the interview, c’mon she was being interviewed in Spanish by a Spanish network for a Spanish speaking audience. Nothing wrong with that.
Report Post »Compete or Lose
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:16pmTHis woman believes that only she and the elites she associates with are worth being elected—-SHE IS SO WRONG!!
RGS
Report Post »Two_Kids_Dad
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 10:33pmLoretta Brixey needs to lose and get the heck out of the public eye. She’s an embarassment to Orange County. Van Tran isn’t “anti-immigrant”, he IS an immigrant. At least he didn’t conveniently change his name and his address to run for congress like Brixey did. I have a copy of a document that she signed “Loretta Brixey” when she lived in Palos Verdes before she decided to re-find her Santa Ana chola roots. She’s a proven fraud.
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