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Senator Janet Nguyen (R-Huntington Beach) has called out the tone deaf motion by Los Angeles County Supervisors for exalting pro-Communist activist Jane Fonda as a heroine of peace and social justice on the anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. The senator demanded in a letter that the Board rescind its proclamation and issue an apology to half a million Vietnamese-Americans in California.
While Senator Janet Nguyen and her staff participated at numerous memorial events on Tuesday to honor survivors and deceased of the Vietnam War, Los Angeles County Supervisors were giving Fonda her “honor.” Senator Janet Nguyen fled South Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and has championed the welfare of the Vietnamese people in America and her native country. This legislative session she introduced SB 1407 to allow communism survivors to erect a memorial on State Capitol grounds.
“I was shocked and disgusted upon seeing the Los Angeles County Supervisors declare April 30 ‘Jane Fonda Day,’” said Senator Janet Nguyen, whose district includes Little Saigon – the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam.
“They must have forgotten that Hanoi Jane spewed propaganda against our American troops and the United States while these brave soldiers were fighting during the Vietnam War. It’s inconceivable that the County Supervisors would laud Fonda as some sort of heroine while 300,000 American and South Vietnamese soldiers died fighting for freedom and democracy to prevent a takeover of Vietnam,” Senator Janet Nguyen said.
The war killed millions of people from both North and South Vietnam.