California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter isn't about to let a 48-page federal indictment stop him from scraping way down at the bottom of the barrel ahead of the midterm elections in an attempt to smear his Democratic opponent as a scary Muslim terrorist—despite the fact that he's not even Muslim at all (though even if he were, the ad would still be bigoted trash).
As for the charge that Campa-Najjar had changed his name—Hunter's claim is only partially true: As the Post explained, he was born Ammar Yasser Najjar, and added his mother's maiden name while dropping Yasser, his father's name, during a period of estrangement from that side of the family. Again, this was long before he ever ran for Congress.
But there's another problem with Hunter's grotesque reliance on Islamophobia in this latest add (beyond, y'know, the fact that Islamophobia is reprehensible in any context). Campa-Najjar isn't Muslim. He's a Catholic.
This video is bigoted, promotes Islamophobia, is factually incorrect and should be immediately taken down. Ammar Campa-Najjar is not Muslim; he is a Christian.
Hunter's charge of "infiltration" is even more ridiculous given the fact that according to the Post, Campa-Najjar is a former White House official under President Barack Obama whose role required a high level security clearance after extensive federal vetting.
His signs should actually say: Ammar Joseph Campa or something. That is how hard, by the way, that the radical Muslims are trying to infiltrate the U.S. government. You had more Islamists run for office this year at the federal level than ever before in U.S. history.
Hunter, meanwhile, enjoys a wide lead over Campa-Najjar, despite the fact that he has been indicted on host of campaign finance violations. He would, according to the Post, be unable to obtain a security clearance if he applied today, due to the charges against him.