Korean-American Congresswomen Become Part of the Force
There is a new “Force” in Republican politics that involves two newly elected Korean-American congresswomen:
Beyond the initial four members in the Force, there’s also California GOP Reps.-elect Young Kim and Michelle Steel, Korean immigrants who have been friends for decades and speak on the trail. Steel frequently points to the suffering their families endured under communist regimes.
They all belong to a high-profile freshman class that includes a record-breaking number of women and minorities for the House GOP. And with their diverse backgrounds and already-impressive Twitter followings, the Force could have an outsize impact as Republicans look to take back the House in 2022 — particularly as some are itching to do battle directly with the Squad. (…………)
But the incoming Republicans say they want to put a personal face on their ideological fight. Steel talks about how her parents escaped Korea and relocated to Japan and said she sees how it is easy to take freedom for granted in the U.S.
Politico
You can read more at the link, but I am not sure what communism that Representative Steele and Kim were fleeing from in South Korea. I could not find which year she immigrated, but she got married in California in 1981 which means she immigrated before then likely in the 70’s. This would put her family immigrating to the U.S. during the Park Chung-hee era. Young Kim immigrated to the U.S. in 1975 which was also during the Park Chung-hee era.
Park was a quasi-dictator, but was stringently anti-communist so saying their families suffered under communism is a stretch to me. They suffered indirectly from the provocations from North Korea and the resulting limits on political freedom enacted by the Park regime. However, unless their families were political dissidents, it is more likely their families immigrated to the U.S. for economic reasons. Another possibility is that the reporter just doesn’t know what they are writing about and just assumed South Korea was communist back then.
Don’t you have to die to become part of the Force?
Ms.Steel, (Eun-joo Park), was born in Seoul in 1955. It was not quite as nice then as it is now, even under Moonpie. The communists (up north as well as in the midst) have always been a problem for South Korea.
And certainly her family faced Communist aggression more directly a few years earlier. Aside from the obvious “625”, her father was born to Koreans living in Shanghai.
“Another possibility is that the reporter just doesn’t know what they are writing about and just assumed South Korea was communist back then.”
Bingo. Americans, even the supposed educated ones, are not really bright when it comes to the world. They think America is the only country that’s free and prosperous. The funny thing though is that many of them can’t even find their country on the world map. lol.
Beijing boy doing leftist autophagy vs. Politico is pretty sweet… He’s becoming pro-Trump as we watch…
How dumb can the people be when they have 20 million infected and still counting with 350,000 dead and counting? What a stupid country. At this rate, they’re going to hit the target of 1 million dead by next Christmas. Dumb, out of shape, and no health insurance has its advantages of early extinction.
Come on WVM we were smart enough to elect Biden/Harris, give us a little credit.
I would take either against AOC in a deathmatch.
WVM still not admitting China lost 5 Million in Wuhan alone.