SAN JOSE, Calif.—San Jose officials are calling for an investigation after someone sent out a weekend flyer aimed at discrediting a City Council candidate by including a flag of Communist Vietnam.
The mailer claimed to be from the campaign of Magdalena Carrasco. It showed Carrasco next to an image of the Vietnamese flag—which would offend Vietnamese-Americans, who make up about 10 percent of voters in District 5.
Carrasco's manager says the campaign learned of the flyer on Saturday when upset Vietnamese-Americans began calling.
Carrasco calls the flyer disgusting and Mayor Chuck Reed has called for an investigation.
Two of Carrasco's opponents have condemned the mailing.
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