After reporting this morning [4/18] in the Sacramento Bee revealed that Rep. Michelle Steel accepted money from embattled, antisemitic Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene — who endorsed a “national divorce” of red states from the union and sided with an alleged leaker of top secret national documents — Councilwoman and congressional candidate Kim Bernice Nguyen called on Rep. Steel to return the donation.

“Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene’s toxic brand of MAGA extremism, conspiracy theories, and antisemitism have been roundly rejected by voters and are out of step with the values of Orange and LA County families. Further, her defense of an alleged traitor who leaked top secret documents has been condemned by many in her own party, including Sen. Lindsay Graham who called her ‘terribly irresponsible.’ Michelle Steel needs to return this donation immediately and speak out against hateful language and coup-inciting rhetoric.”

Rep. Greene pledged to donate $275,000 to the NRCC back in February. Calls on Michelle Steel to reject those donations were met with silence, all the while Steel was pocketing $2,000 directly from Greene, signaling she cares more about the MAGA movement and less about the values of families back home.

CA-45 is one of the top pickup opportunities for Democrats in 2024. It is a Biden +6 district with a Democratic registration advantage of 5.6%. Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latino voters are a majority of the district at 51.6% – with Vietnamese voters making up the largest block of AAPI voters at 58.4%.