{"id":9683,"date":"2018-09-20T10:34:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=9683"},"modified":"2018-09-20T10:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T17:35:02","slug":"9683","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/09\/20\/9683\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin de Le\u00f3n&#8217;s New Campaign Video About His Undocumented Mother Will Break Your Heart (and Dianne Feinstein&#8217;s Not Going to Like It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"field-wrapper-attribution\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datestamp field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><span class=\"pb-timestamp\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">September 18, 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common Dreams<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div>\n<h4>&#8220;I hope you find watching it as moving as I did making it,&#8221; said Democrat challenging the California incumbent for the U.S. Senate<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-authors\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"grouping-prefix\">by\u00a0<span class=\"pb-byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jon-queally-staff-writer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Queally, staff writer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"shr_canvas2\" class=\"shareaholic-canvas shareaholic-ui shareaholic-resolved-canvas ng-scope\" data-app-id=\"6840204\" data-app-id-name=\"headline_above_content\" data-app=\"share_buttons\" data-title=\"Kevin de Le\u00f3n's New Campaign Video About His Undocumented Mother Will Break Your Heart (and Dianne Feinstein's Not Going to Like It)\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/09\/18\/kevin-de-leons-new-campaign-video-about-his-undocumented-mother-will-break-your\" data-summary=\"\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope shareaholic-share_buttons\" translate=\"no\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui shr-no-print shareaholic-flat shareaholic- shareaholic-block shareaholic-horizontal shareaholic-mini\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-animation-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-heading shareaholic-custom\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-scope\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons shareaholic-no-margin-padding-important\">\n<li class=\"shareaholic-share-button ng-scope\" title=\"Facebook\" data-service=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"caption-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/cd_large\/public\/headlines\/de_leon_feinstein_california.jpg?itok=qEmDGhPC\" alt=\"\" width=\"955\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-button-container\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-main-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p><em>Announcing the new campaign video on Monday, de Le\u00f3n urged voters to check out &#8220;the story of how my mother risked everything to provide me with the American Dream, and how it almost didn&#8217;t happen.&#8221; (Photo: kevindeleon.com)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According\u00a0to the\u00a0<em>Huffington Post<\/em>, former Democratic state Senate Leader Kevin de Le\u00f3n, who is now challenging Senator Dianne Feinstein in California for her U.S. Senate seat, is spending election funds to spread his new campaign video online.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s possible that&#8217;s not necessary, given how striking and powerful it might prove once more people see and decide to share it:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oDkBYLd4zh8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Announcing the new campaign video on Monday, de Le\u00f3n urged voters to check out &#8220;the story of how my mother risked everything to provide me with the American Dream, and how it almost didn&#8217;t happen.&#8221; Separately, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kdeleon\/status\/1042129851061129217\">said<\/a>\u00a0he hoped people &#8220;find watching it as moving as I did making it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the\u00a0<em>HuffPost<\/em>\u00a0notes, &#8220;The nearly three-minute spot, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oDkBYLd4zh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"subsec:paragraph;cpos:4;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">Our Time<\/a>,&#8217; shares the cinematic features of other ads released by progressive insurgents this election cycle. But it&#8217;s likely to make the biggest waves for the tough shots it takes at Feinstein.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the online outlet,\u00a0de Le\u00f3n said<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"21\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\">\n<blockquote><p>[he] wants to remind Californians of Feinstein\u2019s record of centrist positions not only on immigration, but also on taxes and foreign policy, which he believes show she is out of touch with California voters. Feinstein voted for the wars in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/votes\/107-2002\/s237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"subsec:paragraph;cpos:21;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"16\" data-v9y=\"1\">Iraq<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/votes\/107-2001\/h342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"subsec:paragraph;cpos:21;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"17\" data-v9y=\"1\">Afghanistan<\/a>\u00a0and for former President George W. Bush\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/votes\/107-2001\/s170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"subsec:paragraph;cpos:21;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"18\" data-v9y=\"1\">income and estate tax cuts<\/a>, and until recently,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>she\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-ca-feinstein-death-penalty-20180523-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"subsec:paragraph;cpos:21;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"19\" data-v9y=\"1\">supported the death penalty<\/a>, de Le\u00f3n noted. (By 2007, Feinstein\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Politics\/story?id=2771519&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"subsec:paragraph;cpos:21;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"20\" data-v9y=\"1\">expressed regret<\/a>\u00a0for her vote to authorize the Iraq War.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"22\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\">\n<p>Referring to her 2006 vote for the Secure Fence Act, de Le\u00f3n said that Feinstein &#8220;voted for a wall before Donald Trump ever started speaking about the wall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\" data-rapid-cpos=\"23\" data-rapid-subsec=\"paragraph\" data-rapid-parsed=\"subsec\">\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not a critique, those are her votes,\u201d\u00a0de Le\u00f3n said. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to introduce myself to the voters of California and allow them to make the choice.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While de Leon and Feinstein are both Democrats, California&#8217;s nonpartisan, top-two primary system allows for a scenario in which two candidates from the same party can ultimately face off in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Though Feinstein has held the seat since 1992, de\u00a0Le\u00f3n is challenging the incumbent from the left and, in fact, won the endorsement of the state Democratic Party earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ad,&#8221;\u00a0de Le\u00f3n told the\u00a0<em>HuffPost<\/em>,\u00a0&#8220;is an accurate contrast \u2015 a juxtaposition between our actions and what we do in a position of power to improve the human condition for millions of hard-working folks who deserve to become full-fledged Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18, 2018\u00a0by Common Dreams &#8220;I hope you find watching it as moving as I did making it,&#8221; said Democrat challenging the California incumbent for the U.S. Senate by\u00a0Jon Queally, staff writer Announcing the new campaign video on Monday, de Le\u00f3n urged voters to check out &#8220;the story of how&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/09\/20\/9683\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9685,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683\/revisions\/9685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}