Wei Ting-chao (now deceased), a Hakka member of the DPP, once said that Hakkas don't believe that Taiwan would be better off if all the mainlanders were booted off the island, because the Hakkas value the mainlanders as a fellow minority. Minorities naturally have to be united to ensure that the government of the future seeks to accommodate all ethnic groups.
過去曾有一位民進黨的客籍人士魏廷朝（已過世）說過，客家人也不認為將外省人丟到海裡台灣就會更好，因為客家人好不容易找到一個弱勢族群的同伴，當然要並肩作戰，將來新政府的族群包容要更大器才是。