For Immediate Release

October 5, 2016

Today, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) released the following statement in response to recent polling that shows Hillary Clinton has a 45 point lead among Asian Americans:

"When the Republican presidential nominee and his enablers run a racist and bigoted campaign, guess what, Americans notice, including Asian Americans.  The Trump campaign's mantra to Asian Americans that we want you to join us, but first we want to deport your children doesn't actually work well as a message.  Asian Americans are now a sizable and critical swing vote in battleground states such as Nevada and Virginia.  That's one reason Donald Trump will lose those states."