Let's not be hypocrites-join me in calling on Dave Min to quit the race." "If it was a Republican candidate who got a DUI, Democrats would demand exactly that. "While we thank Dave Min for his service to the party, with his recent DUI he should immediately withdraw from the race," Rouda said in a Monday statement. Rouda, who was also running for Porter's Orange County seat before he suffered a brain injury and withdrew his candidacy last month, endorsed Democratic activist Joanna Weiss in the contest and suggested his fellow Democrats would be "hypocrites" to keep backing Min. An influential Los Angeles police union endorsed Min last week without mentioning his DUI arrest.īut former congressman Harley Rouda (Calif.) on Monday became the first Democratic politician to urge Min to drop out of the party's primary race. Dianne Feinstein (D.), and many other Democrats and organizations have followed Porter's lead, making Min the establishment favorite. Porter endorsed Min to replace her shortly after announcing she was running to replace Sen. Katie Porter's (D., Calif.) swing-district congressional seat. Min's arrest has complicated his bid for Rep. He repeats the results of his breathalyzer test and asks how many drinks the blood alcohol number represents, saying, "I couldn't even believe that shit, man." Redacted footage from inside the police cruiser captures Min, his hands cuffed behind him, rocking back and forth. Later tests showed his blood alcohol level at 0.13 and 0.14, the police report says. 15 percent, an indication that he likely had about four times as many drinks as he acknowledged. But in two breathalyzer tests administered at the scene, Min registered a blood alcohol level of. Katie Porter (D.) in Congress, told the arresting officers late on May 2 that he had only drunk one Coors beer and one IPA over the previous five to six hours, according to the arrest report. Min, the leading candidate to replace Rep.
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