Anti-Asian slurs painted on Dave Min’s congressional campaign signs in Huntington Beach

State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, listens as lawmakers discuss a bill before the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento in July 2023. Signs promoting Dave Min’s campaign for Congress were defaced in Huntington Beach with a derogatory term for members of the AAPI community in one of two cases of vandalism targeting the candidate, the state senator reported on Tuesday. “But unfortunately, we have seen a sharp rise in hate in recent years due to the xenophobia and racism that have come to define Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.” Groups of demonstrators waving flags supporting “Trump 2024” are a recurring scene along Pacific Coast Highway near Huntington Beach Pier; Min noted one such rally took place the weekend before his signs were vandalized. “My signs were vandalized; my car windows were shot out; my kids’ cars still have little pellets on them,” Van Der Mark told the Daily Pilot in a brief phone call Tuesday. I did think it was politically motivated, but I felt the responsible thing to do was to not accuse anyone.” More of Min’s campaign signs were reported vandalized near Magnolia Street and Mediterranean Drive at about 2 p.m., Cuchilla said.