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Posted on 03/26/2020 6:37:17 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Ammar Campa-Najjar deletes tweet saying voters in his district were 'enraged' by Pelosi bill
The Democratic nominee in California's 50th Congressional District deleted a tweet criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D., Calif.) coronavirus stimulus bill.
Ammar Campa-Najjar, who is running to fill the seat vacated by former Republican congressman Duncan Hunter, attacked Pelosi's plan in a now-deleted Tuesday tweet, saying voters in his district were "enraged" by the proposal and its inclusion of "unimportant items."
"From the House bill: $35 million to the JFK Center. Can someone explain why this is a priority right now?" Campa-Najjar said. "I'm getting emails from voters in #CA50 who are enraged about some of [the] price tags attached to some comparatively unimportant items in the House proposal."
Pelosi has faced bipartisan criticism for including expensive provisions unrelated to the coronavirus crisis in her stimulus bill. In addition to conditioning bailouts on corporate diversity and decreased airline emissions, Pelosi's bill called for $35 million for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Pelosi circulated the legislation after House Democrats derailed a bipartisan bill aimed at boosting the economy amid the ongoing pandemic.
Campa-Najjar deleted his tweet on the "enraged" emails he was receiving, replacing it with a much more subdued critique of Pelosi's legislation.
"Instead of itemizing $35 million to the Kennedy Center when it's closed until May 10th, the House bill should be helping to provide relief to gig workers (like drivers) who have zero protections," Campa-Najjar said.
Campa-Najjar is currently making his second run for office in the district after narrowly falling last cycle to Hunter, who was indicted on dozens of criminal charges months before voters went to the polls. The Democrat will now face former Republican congressman Darrell Issa, who is looking to return to the House after retiring from the neighboring 49th district two years ago. The Issa campaign attacked Campa-Najjar for walking back his criticism of Pelosi, saying the Democrat will "fall in line with whatever Pelosi says."
"Ammar Campa-Najjar initially did the right thing in calling her out on it in a statement," Issa's campaign manager Eric Hollander said in a statement. "But then Campa-Najjar deleted that statement, showing he's nothing more than a Nancy Pelosi lapdog who will fall in line with whatever Pelosi says."
Campa-Najjar defended his decision to delete his initial tweet questioning the decision by Pelosi to include a $35 million provision for the Kennedy Center in the House stimulus proposal.
"That tweet was a question, after I got an answer, I replaced it with a criticism and a solution," Campa-Najjar wrote on Twitter. His campaign further told the Free Beacon that Campa-Najjar "stood by his criticism, and has never had a problem standing up to his party when he felt necessary."
Issa and Campa-Najjar emerged as the two top candidates from the district's early March jungle primary and will face off in November.
This is how you know they’ll always stick together come hell or high water! They’ll always be in power ..they are after all Satan’s right hands!!
Bump
Ammar Najjir eh? Boy we’ve come a long way. In the old days foreigners with weirdo names Americanized them to assimilate. That was good. Now it’s flaunted as a multicultural badge of honor.
Yo, Ammar Campa-NajjarIdiot, ballz, have a pair? Just asking.....
ammar-najjir musta-bin shown de abyss.
Ammar Campa-Najjar
Campa-Najjar’s grandfather Abu Yusuf al-Najjar has been the subject of significant controversy. In 1965, while working in Kuwait, Abu Yusuf al-Najjar founded Fatah along with Yasser Arafat.
Campa-Najjar worked as a deputy regional field director for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign. During the Obama Administration, Campa-Najjar served in the Labor Department’s Office of Public Affairs for the Employment and Training Administration. He was tasked with reading and helping select the 10 letters that President Obama would read each day.
Campa-Najjar cited the call to service in Barack Obama’s farewell address as an inspiration to run for Congress.
Campa-Najjar’s 2018 candidacy attracted international attention due to allegations that his paternal grandfather, Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, was involved with the 1972 Munich massacre.
Somebody’s finding must have been threatened.
ISSA will take this seat back....
Why on earth do people give in to her so easily? This guy is a nominee - not even seated in the House and she has that power over him?
"they’ll always stick together come hell or high water!"
Whereas the Republicans:
Are too gentlemanly to fight
Are too week-kneed to fight
Are too self-centered to band together
Are too dumb to band together
He proves the democrat party don’t allow truth or wisdom,bet he gets sent back to bribe school for retraining.
The US constitution got rid of the king, but re-established kings in the House and the Senate. Senators and Representatives can’t represent their constituents because of Senate and House leaders who wield too much power.
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