Sacramento City Councilwoman Mai Vang, a far-left Democrat now seeking a seat in Congress, is under fire after renewed attention to her repeated refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and instances in which she reportedly turned her back on the American flag during public meetings.
Vang is currently serving on the Sacramento City Council while mounting a challenge for California’s 7th Congressional District seat.
For millions of Americans, the Pledge of Allegiance is a simple expression of gratitude and patriotism, a moment to honor the republic, the Constitution, and the generations of Americans who fought and died defending freedom.
Apparently, for Mai Vang, it’s something else entirely.
Vang, the daughter of Hmong refugees from Laos who came to America seeking freedom and opportunity, has chosen to spit in the face of the very flag that protected her family and the nation that gave her a platform, public office, and now a shot at Congress. Instead of gratitude, she offers grievance theater. Instead of unity, she pushes division.The
The New York Post reported:
The lefty Sacramento city councilmember has boasted about refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance at public meetings and ceremonies — and routinely turned her back on the flag.
Vang, who is attempting to unseat longtime Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui in the June primary election, is currently polling neck-and-neck with the incumbent and slightly ahead of Republican Zachariah Wooden.
Vang, the daughter of Hmong refugees, has had several notable incidents in which she refused to take part in the Pledge — from a Veterans Day ceremony last year to district meetings on Jan. 22 and March 26, as well as a Sacramento City Council meeting on July 1, 2025.