Mom thinks that her marrying out of the Anglo race makes her a liberal. "When Jack and I met, " she still tells people, "there were laws against mixed marriages. We broke the law for love.

妈妈觉得她在盎格鲁种族之外的婚嫁使得她成了一个自由党人，“在杰克和我相遇时，”她一直在告诉人们，“还有着禁止种族间通婚的法律呢，我们为爱情冲破了法律。”

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And we just can't use or say that my experiences in Iraq or Afghanistan is a justification as to why I broke the law.

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" But Kim, the first Korean-American in Congress, asked for leniency, saying that, "In my enthusiasm of running for Congress, I neglected the very important mechanics of my campaign finances and broke the law.

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