Arizona GOP legislator, a Vietnamese refugee, rebuts claim white nationalism a bigger threat than communism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Republican state lawmakers in Arizona passed legislation last week that will require students be exposed to stories of people who fled communism, but not all lawmakers agreed the political ideology is the biggest threat facing the nation.
62% : "If we don't stand up to teach communism to our children, we'll lose this country.
61% : "We keep hearing about the threat of communism...you know what's a bigger threat?"
61% : So yes, let's talk about communism, but let's also talk about...teaching our kids that it's not ok to try and overthrow a democratically elected government."
60% : "I came from a long line of warriors who fought against communism...and so many of my relatives have been killed by communists," he said.
59% : Nguyen explained he lost "most" of his cousins and family members "due to communism."
54% : The Arizona legislation will now require schools to teach "a comparative discussion of political ideologies," including communism and totalitarianism, and how they conflict with democratic principles that are "essential" to the U.S. political system.
48% : White Nationalism did not put me here, communism did," he continued.

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