Two Republican members of Congress from California are fighting against each other for political survival, and the intraparty spat turned especially nasty thanks to a scathing ad about a 1994 prostitution scandal.
Reps. Young Kim and Ken Calvert currently represent Orange and Riverside counties, respectively. However, an anti-Trump gerrymandering plot last year by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom combined their two districts for this election cycle, making it one of the few safe GOP seats left in California.
The competition has been fierce, and both sides have spent millions on ads accusing each other of not being conservative enough.
Kim’s most recent attack ad has caught political observers off guard for its “brutal” and “insane” relentlessness in attacking Calvert.
The ad starts by referencing a 2009 news article to imply Calvert is corrupt.
