VA-10 GOP Nominee Hung Cao: Focus on Economy and National Security
June 3, 2022 | Virginia
GOP nominee for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District Hung Cao said his top priorities if he’s elected to Congress will be the economy and national security.
“We have to stabilize this economy. This is spiraling out of control,” Cao told The Virginia Star. “We have to cut spending. This is not just about my kids and your kids, but our grandkids and our great-grandkids. This is going to resonate for years.”
Cao said the U.S. is headed towards depression, comparing the U.S. to Venezuela.
He said, “For me, someone who escaped communism, this is the Alamo. There’s no Alamo left to run to after this; we’re kind of screwed. At least people in Venezuela can run to the United States, but what happens when there’s no United States?”
He’s also calling for a focus on national security, including the border, and says the defense industry is VA-10’s largest employer, and he’s not just focused on big corporations.
“They all subcontract to a smaller company, and the small businesses, right?” he said, noting that mom-and-pop shops also drive the economy in VA-10.
“People just say, ‘Oh, the military spends so much.’ But it really isn’t that much, if you’re looking at all the things we have to pay for.”
Cao is a Navy veteran who overcame a packed field including a Prince William County supervisor and an outspoken Loudoun County parent. The victory was powered in part by Cao’s outsider status and compelling immigration story: when Cao was a child, he and his family were Vietnamese refugees who fled to the U.S…. (Excerpt from The Virginia Star)
