Amy Phan West joins a wave of GOP immigrant candidates

Amy Phan West joins a wave of GOP immigrant candidates running to fight socialism

Amy Phan West, a Vietnamese immigrant running as a pro-Trump Republican in California

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is on a mission to take on the far-left “Squad” in Congress.

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Ms. West, whose family fled from Vietnam’s communist government in 1985

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said she wants to use her life experience to fight

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the rise of left-wing ideology in national politics, particularly zeroing in on a

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small group of young Democratic lawmakers who

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she says advocate for socialism on Capitol Hill.

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“I cannot wait to debate those girls,” Ms. West said, referring to the Squad,

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

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