Last month, the state Senate honored former member, Sen. Tom Hayden, who died in October. Janet Nguyen, a refugee from Vietnam, got up to protest Hayden's opposition to the American war in her native country. Democratic leadership said the Orange County Republican had been offered a chance to speak at a different time -- but video of the removal went viral.
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