California congressman's vacated seat unleashes GOP slugfest
Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s resignation from Congress last month after pleading guilty to a corruption charge unleashed a GOP slugfest over the vacancy in one of the party’s few remaining House seats in California.
Most of the action in the 50th District involves two Republican heavyweights: Darrell Issa, who is seeking a return to Congress after leaving his seat in a neighboring district two years ago, and Carl DeMaio, a well-known San Diego radio host and political commentator.
Both have questioned the other’s loyalty to President Donald Trump and called the other a liar. Issa recently faced backlash, including from some Republican supporters, for an advertisement that included references to headlines noting the sexual orientation of DeMaio, who is gay. Critics said it amounted to gay-baiting.
The headlines were from media outlets, and Issa said the ad was meant to draw attention to DeMaio’s failures on issues.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2020-02-25/california-congressmans-vacated-seat-unleashes-gop-slugfest
Those outside of SoCal should be grateful they aren't subjected to the disgusting commercials from both Issa and DeMaio; Demaio is labelling Issa as "another Mitt Romney" who would betray Trump, and Issa is labelling DeMaio as a hypocrite who has criticised Trump publicly on a variety of issues. I'm hoping they take each other out of contention in the jungle primary, which would probably leave a pure Republican RWNJ running against Campa-Najjar in the November election.
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