MSNBC produced an unusual segment Wednesday morning, in which reporter Jacob Soboroff took around a Chinese-American supporter of Donald Trump in Anaheim, California, to be asked by other Asians about his beliefs.
David Wang told MSNBC close to 2,000 people were in his group of Chinese-Americans supporting Trump. He added that when he goes to a Trump rally, he's greeted positively, "like a panda bear in a zoo. There aren't that many."
Soboroff then marched Wang, who was wearing a shirt saying "Chinese Americans Heart Trump," over to a young Asian woman sitting on a bench.
"Isabelle, what do you think of David's shirt?" Soboroff asked.
"Is it serious?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's serious," Soboroff said.
"I think it's kind of creepy," she said. "I mean, I don't think you're creepy, but I think Trump is kind of a creepy person."
Wang said he could convert her in 30 minutes, but the lady said she was supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).
Soboroff found another Asian man and his mother to ask what they thought of Wang's shirt. While the man was amenable to Trump, the woman, through a translator, said she was supporting Hillary Clinton.
MSNBC host Steve Kornacki praised the segment afterward, telling Soboroff he wanted to see more of the debate between Wang and the woman supporting Sanders.
"It was intense," Soboroff said.
"It was," Kornacki said. "Bringing people together, making them talk to each other face-to-face like that."
Trump is trying to improve on Mitt Romney's dismal showing with Asians in 2012, when the Republican took less than a quarter of that vote home in a losing bid against President Obama.