麻豆精选鈥檚 connection to the U.S. election

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris has a connection to 麻豆精选.

Her press secretary, Sabrina Singh, is the niece of city councillor Mohini Singh, proving politics clearly run in the family.

The third-term city councillor was raised by Sabrina鈥檚 grandfather and considers the press secretary鈥檚 father to be something of a brother.

鈥淢y family has deep ties in the U.S, Sabrina鈥檚 grandfather was my grand-uncle and he was the only dad I knew,鈥� explained Mohini. 鈥淗er father and I were raised like brother and sister, he is very cool.鈥�

Harris appointed Indian-American Sabrina as her press secretary in August of this year. At 32, Sabrina has already been the press secretary to two Democratic presidential hopefuls, Cory Booker and Michael Bloomberg. The UCLA graduate also worked as a regional communications director on the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

鈥淪he is an amazing young woman, whose heart is in the right place and she really believes strongly in diversity in America,鈥� said Mohini. 鈥淚 believe she has a true dedication to her country. She is really passionate about what she does and giving everybody a voice.鈥�

According to Mohini, the Singh family is ripe with political endeavours. Sabrina鈥檚 grandfather had a connection with the Luce-Celler Act of 1946, which allowed a quota of 100 Filipinos and 100 Indians from Asia to immigrate to the United States per year, which was the first time these people were allowed to naturalize as American citizens. As citizens, these new Americans could own property under their names and even petition for their immediate family members from abroad.

While Mohini hasn鈥檛 spoken to her nice in some months due to Sabrina鈥檚 intense work schedule on the campaign trail with Harris, she did see her two years ago at the press secretary鈥檚 wedding in California.

鈥淚鈥檝e been closely watching the election closely, I can鈥檛 even sleep,鈥� said Mohini. 鈥淎nd, I obviously want Joe Biden to win because that is the side my niece works for.鈥�

.@JoeBiden gives me hope and that鈥檚 why he is going to be an incredible President. We are on track to win this. We might need a few more minutes, hours, days but we can do this together.

鈥� Sabrina Singh (@sabrinasingh24) November 4, 2020

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