{"id":2706,"date":"2020-03-26T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2020-03-26T16:39:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T23:39:42","slug":"darrell-issa-slams-ammar-campa-najjar-for-kowtowing-to-democratic-party-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2706","title":{"rendered":"Darrell Issa Slams Ammar Campa-Najjar for Kowtowing to Democratic Party Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The race between Darrell Issa and Ammar Campa-Najjar for the 50th congressional district is set to be one of the most contested in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Tuesday, Issa called out Campa-Njjar for deleting a tweet that suggested he might actually stand up to the Democratic Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACampaNajjar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ACampaNajjar<\/a> almost had the courage to stand up to his own party, but then deleted this tweet. Must have received a call from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerPelosi<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SFAuSxkiO8\">pic.twitter.com\/SFAuSxkiO8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrellIssa\/status\/1242524348851748865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campa-Najjar later tweeted out a less confrontational version of his tweet that still criticized House Democrats, but not to the same extent. It read, \u201cInstead of itemizing $35 million to the Kennedy Center when it\u2019s closed until May 10th, the House bill should be helping provide relief to gig workers (like drivers) who have zero protections. Let\u2019s give Kennedy Center employees the same aid we\u2019re giving every worker.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then posted several tweets trying to save face, claiming he doesn&#8217;t \u201canswer to Pelosi.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get something straight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrellIssa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DarrellIssa<\/a>, I don\u2019t answer to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerPelosi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I answer to the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CA50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CA50<\/a>, the district I\u2019m from \u2014 the one you\u2019re carpetbagging.<\/p>\n<p>My district is always forgotten, we\u2019ve long been the afterthought of San Diego to others.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why I asked this \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PbSd5kBlxj\">pic.twitter.com\/PbSd5kBlxj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ammar Campa-Najjar (@ACampaNajjar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACampaNajjar\/status\/1242635128704126977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only is Campa-Najjar too far left for the 50th district, he is too weak to lead them as well. We need experienced politicians that will stick to what they believe is right, not ones that change based on the \u201croom\u201d that they\u2019re in.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba The race between Darrell Issa and Ammar Campa-Najjar for the 50th congressional district is set to be one of the most contested in the country.\u00a0 On Tuesday, Issa called out Campa-Njjar for deleting a tweet that suggested he might actually stand up to the Democratic Party. .@ACampaNajjar almost had the courage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Darrell Issa Slams Ammar Campa-Najjar for Kowtowing to Democratic Party Leadership - 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