Politico reports:
Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter is sending Islamophobic mail pieces to voters in his Southern California district, attacking his Democratic opponent, Ammar Campa-Najjar, for his deceased grandfather alleged ties to a 1972 terrorist attack.
The mailers show a photo of one of the terrorists involved in an attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics wearing a ski mask on one side, and photos of Campa-Najjar and Muslim Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, on the other. Campa-Najjar is Christian and never met his grandfather, who died before the Democrat was born.
Campa-Najjar suggested the fundraising solicitations aren’t actually about the next election; the two men aren’t scheduled to face off on the ballot until California’s top-two primary next March. “He’s paying his legal fees with this,” said Campa-Najjar. “That’s the impetus behind it.”
Last month Hunter’s wife pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud and is reportedly flipping on her husband.
This is sort of beside the point here, but Duncan Hunter (b. 1976) will never forget the… 1972 Olympicshttps://t.co/yVJdrbz4XW pic.twitter.com/XBLe5vh4Ax
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) July 12, 2019
You know, if I were Indicted on as many felony counts as Duncan Hunter, I’d probably sit out the racist mailers. pic.twitter.com/CBLrKi2yj3
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 12, 2019
Duncan Hunter sends more Islamophobic campaign mailers in California with pics of @IlhanMN, @RashidaTlaib alongside his #CA50 opponent @ACampaNajjar. Hunter’s campaign stands by the mailer, which is similar to ‘18 mailers/ads
https://t.co/oEWfR82ltv w/@ZachMontellaro pic.twitter.com/ZGyVQBrwkv
— Laura Barrón-López (@lbarronlopez) July 12, 2019