From Frances Langum:
And now, perhaps in the hopes that Republican voters have forgotten all about his impending TRIAL on December 3, Duncan Hunter is going full racist on his opponent. NPR:
As the race grows tighter, Hunter is attacking his Democratic challenger for his Palestinian heritage. A controversial television ad accuses Ammar Campa-Najjar of trying to “infiltrate” Congress. It says that Campa-Najjar changed his name to hide his family’s connection to terrorism.
“He changed his name from Ammar Yasser Najjar to Ammar Campa-Najjar,” said Hunter, “so he sounds Hispanic. … That is how hard, by the way, that the radical Muslims are trying to infiltrate the U.S. government.”
Actually, Ammar Campa-Najjar is Christian. And Campa is his Hispanic mother’s family name.