WATCH: Phony Derek Tran Exposed for Lying AGAIN
New York Post
Josh Christensen
August 29, 2024
“A California Democrat running for the US House of Representatives claims he’s “fluent” in Vietnamese — but has been enlisting a translator to help him answer questions during campaign events and media interviews.
Derek Tran, an employment lawyer and Vietnamese American who is running to unseat Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.), has boasted of being “the only candidate that speaks fluent Vietnamese” in California’s plurality-Asian 45th Congressional District, which includes parts of Orange and Los Angeles counties.
“Being able to communicate with these older Vietnamese[,] I plan on organizing door-to-doors with my campaign,” Tran told the Orange County Register in October 2023…
… But when appearing for interviews with Vietnamese-language outlets, Tran has several times tripped over his words and needed an interpreter to step in.
During a Feb. 23 interview with Saigon Entertainment Television, a California-based, Vietnamese-language TV station, Tran stumbled right out of the gate when asked a question in his purported native tongue.
“In my 10 years working as a lawyer, I’ve done a lot of cases dealing with employment law, discrimination, harassment and really wrongful termination,” Tran told his interviewer, before going on to discuss his legal career.
A female translator seated next to Tran politely corrected him.
“The question was how many years you serve in the Army,” she said. “So let’s address that and then I will cover the rest.”
“Oh,” Tran replied, smiling sheepishly.
After Tran was asked another question in Vietnamese, he looked expectantly at the translator for help…”
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