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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-campa-najjar/terrorism-ad-by-indicted-republican-roils-california-election-idUSKCN1M90P3SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - When a Democrat with Palestinian-Mexican ancestry who had never before run for office was elected to challenge a Republican incumbent in a staunchly conservative southern California congressional district, few gave him much of a chance.
But five-term U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, who has been criminally charged with misusing campaign funds, is concerned enough about Ammar Campa-Najjar to issue a YouTube ad accusing his Democratic rival of trying to hide his familys ties to terrorism.
It was a reference to his Palestinian grandfather, who was involved in a 1972 plot to kill Israeli athletes at the Olympics and was killed the following year by Israeli commandos.
The ad, released on Wednesday, shows Hunter, a former U.S. Marine who followed his father into Congress, dressed in camouflage and saying he approved the message.
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'Terrorism' ad by indicted Republican roils California election (Original Post)
jpak
Sep 2018
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What a lousy excuse for a human being
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. Hunter is a thief and cad, yet he will probably be reelected.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Similiar Ad's are running here in Nevada
by Danny Tarkanian against Suzie Lee as well as Heller against Rosen.