On a day that was like early Christmas for the majority of us Americans who loathe Donald Trump, another unexpected gift arrived.
We'd just finished opening our much-anticipated Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort presents when Santa suddenly dropped another one under our metaphorical tree: GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife have been indicted for using campaign funds to pay for vacations, school and trips to the dentist, among other amusements.
(Gosh, these Republicans are a bunch of self-entitled cheats. And are you surprised that Hunter was the second House member — after Chris Collins, another crook — to endorse Trump? Not!)
But wait, there's more: As you might expect, the indictment has roiled the race for Hunter's district, California's 50th, which is in San Diego. "I think the Republicans just lost another House seat,” said the chairman of the California Democratic Party. It's not clear that Hunter will be able to get off the ballot, and state law disallows write-ins. So the GOP is between a rock and a hard place.
Et enfin, la pièce de la résistance: Check out this photo. It's our CA-50 candidate, Ammar Campa-Najjar. Oh, sigh! We cats PURR.
UPDATE, Aug. 22: There are seven House districts with a Republican incumbent that Hillary won in 2016. Duncan Hunter's district is NOT one of them. So consider the map expanded for the Democrats. We're not sure how this helps build Benedict Donald's "Red Wave." And we PURR.
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