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Millions of Americans will spendMemorial Day weekendhonoring those who died while serving in the US military — but California congressional candidate Mai Vang likely will not be one of them.
The lefty Sacramento city councilmember has boasted about refusing tosay the Pledge of Allegianceat public meetings and ceremonies — and routinely turned her back on the flag.
Vang, who is attempting to unseat longtime Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui in the June primary election, is currently polling neck-and-neck with the incumbent and slightly ahead of Republican Zachariah Wooden.
But the potential of an anti-American congressmember isn’t sitting right with some constituents in the state’s recently redrawn 7th congressional district, which added more conservative pockets like Lodi, Placerville and El Dorado Hills to a electoral map that already included parts of Sacramento and Elk Grove.
David Cushman, chair of the San Joaquin Republican Party, said that Vang is attempting to mold herself in the image of theambitious New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.
“Her strategy is badly misjudged and really bad fit for the district,” he told The California Post.
“She’s trying to be theAOCof the Central Valley, but this is not the same district as AOC’s or even Nancy Pelosi’s district [in San Francisco].”
Vang, the daughter of Hmong refugees, has had several notable incidents in which she refused to take part in the Pledge — from a Veterans Day ceremony last year to district meetings on Jan. 22 and March 26, as well as a Sacramento City Council meeting on July 1, 2025.
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