They’ve got Senators. We’ve got Senators.
They’ve got a President. We’ve got a President.
They’ve got a Duterte. We’ve got a Trump. Or a Drumpf, if you want to go by the name before it was anglicized by the Donald’s grandparents to Trump.
The Philippine elections to be held on Monday, May 9, could be over by the time you see this.
At nearly 4 million people, Filipino Americans are second only to the Chinese among Asian Americans. Nearly 300,000 are dual citizens, eligible to vote in both the Philippines and the United States.
They get a preview of what’s to come in November.
The two systems are practically mirror images of what’s happening in American democracy.
