GOP rep. criticized for ad calling his opponent a ‘security risk’, cites Munich plot

The Washington Post fact checked Hunter’s ad and gave it “Four Pinocchios,” its worst rating, for failing to mention that Campa-Najjar’s grandfather was killed by 16 years before he was born.

Bill Clark/APRep. Duncan Hunter walks down the House steps after final votes of the week in the Capitol Feb. 15, 2018.

The ad also failed to mention that, Campa-Najjar, a Democrat and former Obama staffer changed his name to honor his mother’s Mexican family, the Campas. He changed his name years prior to this race, according to the Washington Post.

Campa-Najjar, a Palestinian Mexican American, grew up in a Christian household in San Diego. He worked at the White House under President Barack Obama beginning in 2013 and at the Labor Department until 2017.

Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images, FILEAmmar Campa-Najjar, who is running against Congressman Duncan Hunter, speaks to reporters outside the San Diego Federal Courthouse during Congressman Hunter’s arraignment hearing, Aug. 23, 2018, in San Diego, CA.

According to the Washington Post, he had security clearance for both of those jobs, which required him to pass an FBI background check.

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Campa-Najjar has taken to Twitter to defend himself.

ABC News partner FiveThirtyEight gives Hunter a six in seven chance of winning the race.

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