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Derek Tran: “I am running in the California 45th district.”

Featuring: Derek Tran, Democratic | U.S. House California, 45th Congressional District

MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress

Published February 1, 2024 | Video Starts at 00:58

Thank you for saving the best for last. Just kidding. I want to tell you a little bit about who I am. I am Derek Tran. I am running in the California 45th district. What keeps me grounded as an attorney, as a human being, is my family. My amazing wife, Michelle, my eight year old son, Bryson, my six year old daughter, Olivia, and my 18 month son, Landon. (00:58–01:02)

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“I am a city commissioner.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 01:19-01:22
“I am a small business owner.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 01:22-01:25
“I am a consumer rights lawyer.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 01:24-01:27
“I am a veteran.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 01:27-01:29
“My parents came to this country with nothing. They wanted to escape communist Vietnam.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 01:39-01:47
“With the help of government assistance, they were able to save up enough money to start a small corner market and then eventually buying a…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 01:51-02:01
“At 18, I enlisted in the army to give back to the country.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 02:17-02:23
“I take cases that deal with discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 02:37-02:43
“I mentor youth that comes out of the Sunburst Academy at the Los Alamitos base in the district.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 02:55-03:08
“I am running for Congress to protect our democracy.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 03:14-03:20
“Michelle Steele... has turned her back on the people of CA 45.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 03:39-03:47
“She's made defending Trump, her party, and her special interest backers her priorities.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 03:53-04:01
“This district has a 39% AAPI community, 17% is Vietnamese American.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 04:44-04:53
“I am the only candidate that speaks fluent Vietnamese.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 04:52-04:57
“I have a district coordinator that's Vietnamese.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 04:52-04:57
“I am the only candidate that understands the complexities of not just the Vietnamese community, but just immigrant communities.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 04:56-05:05
“I am so honored to be endorsed by Jay Chen.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 05:40-05:44
“We have Chinese, Korean, of course, Spanish. And it's so important to communicate with those voters in language, and that's what we're going…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 07:08-07:19
“She voted against the ChiPS act, that she voted against the bipartisan Infrastructure act, and she was against the Inflation Reduction act…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 07:59-08:14
“One of the things that I am deeply concerned about is the nationalization of an abortion ban.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 08:52-09:03
“If the federal government passes a law, the supremacy clause is going to render California's laws ineffective.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 09:24-09:34
“He's a danger to democracy, and he must be held to account for his actions, period.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 10:33-10:39
“It's a distraction to his campaign, and they are just utterly disgusted that he's using it to fundraise off of.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 10:48-10:58
“You cannot be afraid of XDev or Twitter, cannot be afraid of Instagram, cannot be afraid of TikTok.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 11:28-11:37
“You can't get 15 miles without driving for an hour in traffic.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 12:44-12:49
“Not enough is coming down to CA 45.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 13:44-13:47
“There’s continuing problems with traffic. The four or five freeway, we're in one of the most condensed areas of southern California.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 14:03-14:13
“We have to continue looking at light rail, we have to look at trains, whatever it's going to take to make sure that we address the issues…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 14:19-14:31
“I am 100% supportive of banning offshore drilling.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 15:17-15:23
“The spills in Huntington beach that occurred a few years ago, while not in my district right next door, it affects us, affects everyone in…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 15:24-15:33
“We need to get rid of our reliance on fossil fuels.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 15:32-15:36
“My wife and I see everyday patients coming in who are struggling to pay for their prescription drugs.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 15:54-16:02
“We have an issue with the affordability of healthcare, the access to healthcare, which should be an absolute right as well, and not a…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 16:13-16:25
“We need to make sure prescription drugs are lower for the people who needs them.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 16:26-16:31
“Insulin prices should not be where it's at.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 16:31-16:35
“I believe that there should be an opt in option for Medicaid.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 16:58-17:03
“Our prescription drug pharmaceutical companies out there needs to be reined in on how they price these drugs.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 17:12-17:20
“We need to do more consumer protection when it comes to the pricing.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 17:20-17:24
“Michelle Steele, who's done nothing but take money from big pharma and that's not what we need.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 17:26-17:34
“I think it's important that we have the right regulations in place.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 17:43-17:49
“We've done a lot. And we must continue to do more in controlling the gasoline and what's the being put in there to really clean the air.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 18:08-18:20
“Part of that is really moving towards more feasible electric or hydrogen vehicles.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 18:20-18:28
“It's dangerous that what the right, republican, right wing republicans are pushing, which is stolen election, this whole fear mongering that…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 19:58-20:15
“It's destroying our country. And the fact that they're not respecting elections and results of election, that is what's destroying our…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 20:14-20:26
“Immigration has been a problem in this country for a long time, and President Biden is trying his best.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 20:50-21:00
“Governors are using undocumented folks in our country as pawns or publicity stunt.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 21:03-21:15
“They’re just shipping undocumented population to different cities.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 21:20-21:30
“Any undocumented in this country must have a pathway to citizenship.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 21:49-21:55
“We need strong policies in place on the border control, border patrol.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 22:19-22:28
“We got to make sure that anyone that's detained is detained humanely and not mistreated.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 22:27-22:34
“We have to give more funding and training to those officers there [border patrol officers].”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 22:36-22:40
“The Supreme Court does not have an ethical code of conduct.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 23:04-23:13
“We need term limits for Supreme Court justices.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 23:26-23:35
“The new ethics code of ethics [for the Supreme Court] didn’t measure up to the same code of ethics that other federal judges had to meet and…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 23:45-24:01
“Trump cut so much from NATO, from the diplomatic state affairs office.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 25:15-25:26
“What happened on October 7 was a terrorist attack.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 26:19-26:28
“Hamas is a terrorist organization.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 26:53-26:56
“Ukraine is an ally, and we must stand up and help our ally, especially against a dictator like Putin.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 27:16-27:25
“I was recruited by local leaders and some federal leaders who needed a strong candidate in CA 45.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 28:04-28:14
“I am very fortunate to get the endorsement of the new Dems.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 29:22-29:27
“Our plan is to have people out there making sure voters are registered, and if they're not helping them, letting them know how they can do…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 30:08-30:25
“She has been an incompetent elected official.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 31:04-31:10
“We saw that with those three bills that I mentioned earlier, the Chips act, bipartisan infrastructure, and the Inflation Reduction act.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 31:25-31:36
“We got her to commit to saying that she's a, she wants an abortion ban, but she's telling everyone that it's with restrictions, it's with…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 31:49-32:09
“I put a focus and emphasis on the vietnamese radio stations, the vietnamese tv outlets and papers, and that's something that we need to be…”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 34:07-34:22
“She has never done a single debate.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 35:18-35:21
“I raise the most money out of the Dem candidates.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 37:01-37:06
“This race is going to be a very expensive race.”
MEET DEREK TRAN, CA-45 candidate for Congress | Uploaded February 1, 2024 | 37:21-37:25