Hunter's indictment threatens GOP bulwark in California
by Christine Mai-Duc and Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
Aug 23, 2018
3 minutes
SANTA ANA, Calif._Republican Dale Weidenthaler shook his head in disgust Wednesday when the conversation turned to Rep. Duncan Hunter.
The retired police officer has long distrusted the GOP congressman but voted for him anyway. Now that Hunter has been indicted on campaign corruption charges, Weidenthaler, 61, expects to skip the House race rather than vote for his Democratic rival.
"Where there's smoke, there's fire, and there's just too much smoke," said Weidenthaler, who was sipping a Red Bull on a morning visit to a Temecula grocery store.
The California congressman's indictment
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