Reprentativ of two gay-rights groups on Sunday cricized San Diego-area ngrsman and Republin gubernatorial ndidate Darrell Issa for ments ma by his mpaign manager that some perceived as anti-gay.
Contents:
- EDORIAL: DARRELL ISSA’S SHAMEFUL GAY-BAG ATTACK ADS ARE THE WORST KD OF TIME WARP
- DARRELL ISSA SLAMMED BY FELLOW REPUBLINS FOR NNG “GAY-BAG” POLIL ATTACK AD
- GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CRICIZE ISSA CAMP
EDORIAL: DARRELL ISSA’S SHAMEFUL GAY-BAG ATTACK ADS ARE THE WORST KD OF TIME WARP
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Darrell Issa didn’t realize his TV ad attackg a GOP rival, Carl DeMa, the 50th Congrsnal District primary race uld be seen as gay-bag. The first was pulled om a 2018 article the Los Angel Bla: “Carl DeMa: California’s gay GOP kgmaker. ” The other one, “Gay GOP Candidate: Party Mt Change, ” om a story the Hill 2013, when DeMa was nng another ngrsnal race.
DeMa, a former San Diego cy uncilman and rad talk show host, is gay and don’t hi that fact. We hope that won’t affect their vot if they learn about om the ad, but the sad tth is that homophobia is still an obstacle for gay policians. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has been acced of gay-bag his opponent a new mpaign ad, an accatn that Issa ni.
DARRELL ISSA SLAMMED BY FELLOW REPUBLINS FOR NNG “GAY-BAG” POLIL ATTACK AD
Issa's opponent is gay, somethg the ad mentns several tim. Now major Republins are llg him out. * darrell issa gay *
Issa – who reprented the astal areas north San Diego County Congrs until he retired at the begng of 2019 – is nng for Congrs and is currently facg off agast his primary opponent former San Diego Cy Council member Carl DeMa, a gay Republin.
But the ad also highlights two headl about DeMa, one om the LA Bla that reads “Carl DeMa: California’s gay GOP kgmaker, ” and another om the Hill: “Gay GOP Candidate: Party Mt Change. Bee those headl don’t say much about DeMa other than that he’s gay, some have cricized Issa for gay-bag DeMa. “Gay-bag is unacceptable and unfivable.
Then Issa’s ad spends much of s n time accg the former San Diego Cy Councilman of supportg cizenship for “illegal aliens” while showg an image of three swlg tattooed men, prumed gang members, om El ad also highlighted negative ments DeMa has ma about Print Donald Tmp news articl which happened to feature headl emphasizg that DeMa is example one of the headl the ad om a 2018 article by the Los Angel Bla, an LGBT news source, and stat “Carl DeMa: California’s gay GOP kgmaker. ” Another om a 2013 article by The Hill, a DC-based publitn, and stat “Gay GOP Candidate: Party Mt Change. ”DeMa, who has been targeted by anti-gay attacks past mpaigns, did not ment on whether he fds this ad offensive.
GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CRICIZE ISSA CAMP
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