(Roll Call) Ammar Campa-Najjar doesn’t want hate and bigotry to be a distraction this time.
The 30-year-old Democrat narrowly lost a campaign for the historically conservative 50th District in California last year. Now Campa-Najjar is seeking a rematch, and has renewed his demands that Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter be held accountable for anti-Muslim rhetoric.
The last race was swamped in its final weeks by outrage and confusion after the Hunter campaign released an ad baselessly casting Campa-Najjar — a Christian born to Mexican-American and Palestinian parents — as part of a “well-orchestrated plan” by terrorists “to infiltrate Congress.”
Amid last week’s vote for a resolution condemning religious intolerance in light of comments made by Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, Campa-Najjar accused Republican leadership of a double standard for failing to denounce Hunter for the ads.
