{"id":4072,"date":"2020-09-18T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2020-09-18T13:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T20:39:18","slug":"joe-biden-endorses-democrat-congressional-candidate-ammar-campa-najjar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4072","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Endorses Democrat Congressional Candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Nicholas Vetrisek<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this week, Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden endorsed Ammar Campa-Najjar for the 50th Congressional District in his race against Darrell Issa. An endorsement by his party\u2019s presidential candidate would normally be seen as a good thing, but this likely harms Campa-Najjar.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll never forget my working class roots, the military vets in my family who raised me, or the 800,000 residents who call <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CA50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CA50<\/a> home. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to put <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountryOverParty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountryOverParty<\/a>, work across the aisle, and get things done again. Let\u2019s get to work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QfXVxe1ovm\">pic.twitter.com\/QfXVxe1ovm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ammar Campa-Najjar (@ACampaNajjar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACampaNajjar\/status\/1306281876772929537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 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;\">Joe Biden is a radical, plain and simple. From refusing to condemn ANTIFA to choosing Kamala Harris as his running mate\u2014this is clear. Campa-Najjar is as well, but his entire campaign hinges on not being perceived that way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to running against Darrell Issa, a very popular long time congressman, and in the county\u2019s most Republican district, Campa-Najjar\u2019s chances are already very slim. The only way he could possibly win is by doing what Mike Levin did in 2018\u2014pose as a moderate Democrat until you\u2019ve been elected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By endorsing him, Joe Biden basically did what he always does and said the quiet part out loud. This seriously damages Campa-Najjar\u2019s chances because while he could market himself as a moderate Democrat that\u2019s simply fed up with President Trump, Issa\u2019s campaign team can hone in on his endorsement by Biden. Voters may not know who Campa-Najjar truly is, but they definitely know Joe Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campa-Najjar was already destined to lose again, but Biden really sealed his defeat. There is really no upside to this endorsement, and all of it really does is show voters what kind of Democrat Campa-Najjar will be if he&#8217;s ever elected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gageskidmore\/49559275198\/in\/photolist-2ivoeU3-2ivoeR7-2ivs1kf-2j2FWd8-2iXkvfT-2iFeqUr-2iDTG6J-2iD8wYR-2iBUCxb-2iBn2Y5-2izc8Qb-2ivs1he-2ivs1e8-2ivqLWC-2ivs18G-2ivqLQW-2ivqLNw-2ivoerp-2ivqLHr-2ivoeja-2ivqLuA-2ivoe88-2ivoe5s-2ivqLmV-2ivqLhG-2ivrZsJ-2ivodQE-2ivrZmX-2ivqL38-2ivqKZh-2ivodDn-2ivrZ1b-2iv1W8b-2ivqKQQ-2ivoduQ-2ivrZ4s-2iuYpbC-2iuYp9D-2iv1W1h-2iv1VXr-2iuYp2j-2iv1VQT-2iv3awz-2iuYoTo-2iuYoQY-2iv1VFV-2iv3aod-2iv1VAz-2iv3age-2iuYoA9\">Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Nicholas Vetrisek Earlier this week, Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden endorsed Ammar Campa-Najjar for the 50th Congressional District in his race against Darrell Issa. An endorsement by his party\u2019s presidential candidate would normally be seen as a good thing, but this likely harms Campa-Najjar. Thank you, @JoeBiden! I\u2019ll never forget my working class&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4072","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>Joe Biden Endorses Democrat Congressional Candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4072\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joe Biden Endorses Democrat Congressional Candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Nicholas Vetrisek Earlier this week, Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden endorsed Ammar Campa-Najjar for the 50th Congressional District in his race against Darrell Issa. 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