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1. Hunter has had at least one town hall.
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 05:55 AM
Feb 2017

I attended a town hall that Hunter (Jr.) put on, around 2012. (I want to say 2012 because the Democrat running against him sat directly in front of me.)

I was impressed that he put himself out there for what was obviously a tough crowd. His actual policies and positions --- less impressive.

One of the things that I remember most clearly was his response to a fellow complaining that his positions didn't align with FreedomWorks was to express frustration with that group, saying that he hadn't changed his positions, he was still the same Duncan Hunter, Jr. as always: it was FreedomWorks that was changing theirs (i.e., they were moving to the right). The idea that conservatives were moving to the right of him was disconcerting.

His seat has historically been so red. But maybe that's changing. I was surprised when Donald Applegate won the San Diego portion of the adjacent rather red district in November. Times are a'changing.

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