The staff of Tan Nguyen, a Republican running for the Congressional seat in California currently held by Rep. Loretta Sanchez, mailed thousands of letters written in Spanish aimed at intimidating Latino voters from staying home on election day. But Tan seems rather confused as to who has done wrong. The Washington Post reports:

“Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant trying to unseat popular Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez, last week blamed an unidentified staffer for sending out 14,000 letters warning immigrants they could be deported or jailed for voting in next month’s election. The mailings sparked state and federal probes.

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“There has been no crime committed so why is there a criminal investigation three weeks prior to a very important election? What is going on? Who is fueling this investigation?” he asked.”

Tan has no chance of winning in November, but he is certainly illustrating the kind of choice people across the country have to make–do they want more Republican candidates offering racist immigration policies alongside assurances that there has been “no crime committed” over their disreputable political tactics?

[photo: AP]