{"id":4800,"date":"2013-10-30T10:34:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T17:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/?p=4800"},"modified":"2014-11-05T01:43:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T08:43:13","slug":"calcoastnews-lois-capps-accused-of-deception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=4800","title":{"rendered":"CalCoastNews: Lois Capps accused of deception"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"CalCoastNews%3A%20Lois%20Capps%20accused%20of%20deception\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><strong>October 30th. \u00a0<\/strong>The heated race between Rep. Lois Capps and her challenger Chris Mitchum for the 24 District seat just got hotter with Mitchum accusing Capps of running a deceptive attack ad. In the Capps\u2019 commercial currently playing on several local stations, a 2012 statement by Mitchum is edited distorting what the Republican challenger said. In the non-edited statement, Mitchum said he will not go to Washington to fight for pork while Capps\u2019 ad makes it appear that he said he will not go to Washington to represent the people of the 24 District. <a title=\"Capps ad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjlhuO7x4Z4\"><strong>CLICK GRAPHIC FOR\u00a0<strong>CAPPS&#8217; AD &amp; MITCHUM&#8217;S ACTUAL STATEMENT<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4801\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjlhuO7x4Z4\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4801\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4801  \" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.30.19 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-30-at-10.30.19-AM.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjlhuO7x4Z4\" width=\"473\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-30-at-10.30.19-AM.png 845w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-30-at-10.30.19-AM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-30-at-10.30.19-AM-800x443.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Capps Attack ad on Mitchum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI do not intend to go to Washington to represent the 24 District,\u201d Metchum says in the Capps\u2019 commercial. In the un-edited version, Mitchum said, \u201cI do not intend to go to Washington to represent the 24 District, to bring back baseball fields. That\u2019s not why I\u2019m going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Capps\u2019 commercial and a clip of Mitchum\u2019s 2012 statement:<\/p>\n<p>In response to the ad, Mitchum sent a letter to Capps asking her to cease and desist running the commercial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere at the Mitchum campaign, we know it\u2019s up to us to keep the campaign clean, spot on the issues that affect every voter, and run our race on the merits,\u201d Mitchum\u2019s campaign staff says on his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitchumforcongress.com\/\">website.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe incumbent obviously does not think that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Capps campaign spokesperson Chris Meagher told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyt.com\/news\/political-attack-ad-sparks-24th-district-dispute\/29422116\">KEYT\u00a0<\/a>he does not see anything wrong with the ad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Meagher has said from the very beginning, through two campaigns, that he intends to go to Washington to represent a very narrow political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Capps past year has been marred with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=3153\">controversy.\u00a0<\/a>The parents of the woman fatally injured when a legislative aide for Capps struck her and then drove away filed a lawsuit against the driver Raymond Morua, Capps and the federal government.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"CalCoastNews%3A%20Lois%20Capps%20accused%20of%20deception\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>October 30th. \u00a0The heated race between Rep. Lois Capps and her challenger Chris Mitchum for the 24 District seat just got hotter with Mitchum accusing Capps of running a deceptive attack ad. In the Capps\u2019 commercial currently playing on several local stations, a 2012 statement by Mitchum is edited distorting what the Republican challenger said. 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