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Dave Min: “My parents came over here in 1971 on a scholarship, no money…”

Featuring: Dave Min, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 47

MEET DAVE MIN, CA-47 candidate for Congress

Published November 6, 2023 | Video Starts at 04:25

They've really made a cottage industry out of this meat byproduct, or whatever you want to call it. But that's part of who I am. My parents came over here in 1971 on a scholarship, no money in their pockets for their graduate studies. They got married out here. They had me and then my younger brother, Andrew. They moved out to California just before I turned three years old. (04:25–04:33)

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