
Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan attended Li Sichuan's campaign, praised his political performance and called on supporters to canvass for votes
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Li Sichuan is the New Taipei City mayoral candidate of the Kuomintang. He has served as the deputy mayor of New Taipei City and the deputy county magistrate of Taipei County. He has an engineering background.
The New Taipei City mayoral candidate Li Sichuan of the Kuomintang held a large-scale campaign in Zhonghe on the 14th. New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi, Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan and Legislative President Han Guoyu took turns to show their support. Among them, Lu Xiuyan was full of witty words and praised Li Sichuan performed well in the political meeting on the 13th. She praised "Brother Ogawa is so handsome". He looks like "Crayon Shin-chan" and "The Third Prince of Electronic Music". "Mother Mayor" brought a burst of laughter to the tense election.
Lu Xiuyan said that she saw three leaders in Li Sichuan's debate on the 13th. The first one was "well-spoken." Li Sichuan was born in engineering and served successively as the deputy county magistrate of Taipei County and the deputy mayor of New Taipei City. He is the number one person in Taiwan's urban governance. At first, she also wanted to invite Li Sichuan to be the deputy mayor of Taichung City, but unfortunately he was snatched away by Han Kuo-yu. She laughed and said, "So Han Kuo-yu will always owe me a favor."
The second leader is "quick in response". At the political meeting, Li Sichuan highlighted the DPP's opposition to exempting people over the age of 65 from health insurance. Executive President Zhuo Rongtai did not countersign. His opponent Su Qiaohui said she cared about the welfare of the elderly, but did not come to the venue to vote in support because the DPP caucus asked her not to enter the venue, so Su Qiaohui did not dare to disobey the caucus's order.
Lu Xiuyan said that coupled with Li Sichuan's appearance and straightforwardness, he is really handsome and cute. She thinks "Brother Ogawa" looks like the Japanese cartoon protagonist "Crayon Shin-chan". Li Sichuan replied that everyone thinks he looks like McDonald's "Milkshake Brother". Lu Xiuyan said that in addition to looking like a cartoon character, he also resembles Taiwan's "Third Prince of Electronic Music", which made the audience laugh. Lu Xiuyan explained that the Third Prince of Electronic Music is the "Marshal of the Central Altar" and can protect the citizens.
Lu Xiuyan also used her "Mother Mayor" qualities of repeatedly urging her to speak, telling her supporters in the audience that Li Sichuan, the most down-to-earth person in life and work, was at a disadvantage because he did not know how to "smooth talk." She asked the supporters in the audience to canvass votes for Li Sichuan, "one person can canvass ten votes, one hundred votes."
She praised Li Sichuan for what he said at the political debate. Although his opponents had hung up thousands of election billboards, everyone was worried that they rarely saw Li Sichuan's billboards. Li Sichuan responded at the political debate that he had built thousands of roads and bridges in New Taipei City, "all of which were his billboards." She asked everyone to go back and tell everyone to support Li Sichuan, who knows how to do things, so that New Taipei City can have more construction.

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