enhanced_deficit
10-18-2018, 02:34 PM
Widely respected GOP Rep. and war hero Duncan Hunter (who is lately being portrayed as "disgraced GOP Rep" in media following his indictment for stealing campaign funds allegedly) seems to be in trouble:
10/18/2018
California Democrat Invokes McCain To Denounce Islamophobic Attack
“John McCain would be rolling in his grave,” candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar said after GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter accused him of sympathizing with terrorists.
By Igor Bobic
A Democratic candidate for a California House seat invoked the name of a prominent Republican senator who famously rejected an Islamophobic attack to slap down a similar narrative being used against him by the GOP incumbent.
“The first thought that came to mind ... is that Republican John McCain would be rolling in his grave today if he saw this ad,” Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar told ABC News on Wednesday about his opponent’s attempt to link him to terrorism. His reference was to a 2008 campaign moment when McCain, then the GOP presidential nominee, defended Democratic opponent Barack Obama against a voter who said he was an “Arab.” McCain died in August.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Campa-Najjar’s opponent, is facing a tough battle for re-election in a conservative district near San Diego after being indicted in August on charges of using hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal expenses. He has enlisted his father, a longtime former congressman himself, and several retired Marine Corps generals to accuse Campa-Najjar of sympathizing with terrorists.
Hunter’s campaign further claimed in an ad that Campa-Najjar changed his name to hide his family’s connection to terrorism, and portrayed him as a Muslim radical who would “infiltrate” Congress and present a threat to national security.
“More than any poll ... that ad shows you that I’m not a threat to national security, but I sure as heck am a threat to Duncan Hunter’s seat,” Campa-Najjar added in the ABC News interview.
Campa-Najjar, 29, who is of Palestinian and Latino descent, would be among the youngest members of Congress if elected in November. He previously worked in Obama’s administration as a Labor Department public affairs officer, where he carried a federal security clearance. He’s also Christian.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hunter-campa-najjar-indicted_us_5bc88b8ee4b0a8f17ee9e07b
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10/18/2018
California Democrat Invokes McCain To Denounce Islamophobic Attack
“John McCain would be rolling in his grave,” candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar said after GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter accused him of sympathizing with terrorists.
By Igor Bobic
A Democratic candidate for a California House seat invoked the name of a prominent Republican senator who famously rejected an Islamophobic attack to slap down a similar narrative being used against him by the GOP incumbent.
“The first thought that came to mind ... is that Republican John McCain would be rolling in his grave today if he saw this ad,” Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar told ABC News on Wednesday about his opponent’s attempt to link him to terrorism. His reference was to a 2008 campaign moment when McCain, then the GOP presidential nominee, defended Democratic opponent Barack Obama against a voter who said he was an “Arab.” McCain died in August.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Campa-Najjar’s opponent, is facing a tough battle for re-election in a conservative district near San Diego after being indicted in August on charges of using hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal expenses. He has enlisted his father, a longtime former congressman himself, and several retired Marine Corps generals to accuse Campa-Najjar of sympathizing with terrorists.
Hunter’s campaign further claimed in an ad that Campa-Najjar changed his name to hide his family’s connection to terrorism, and portrayed him as a Muslim radical who would “infiltrate” Congress and present a threat to national security.
“More than any poll ... that ad shows you that I’m not a threat to national security, but I sure as heck am a threat to Duncan Hunter’s seat,” Campa-Najjar added in the ABC News interview.
Campa-Najjar, 29, who is of Palestinian and Latino descent, would be among the youngest members of Congress if elected in November. He previously worked in Obama’s administration as a Labor Department public affairs officer, where he carried a federal security clearance. He’s also Christian.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hunter-campa-najjar-indicted_us_5bc88b8ee4b0a8f17ee9e07b
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Republican Trump ally Duncan Hunter reportedly says: 'He's an asshole, but he's our asshole'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/28/donald-trump-asshole-duncan-hunter