一名加州民主党国会候选人在2020年竞选共和党众议员德文·努恩斯(Devin Nunes)，本周末透露，自从特朗普公开弹劾听证会两周前开始以来，他的竞选团队已经筹集了近30万美元来罢免众议院情报委员会的高级成员。
加利福尼亚州弗雷斯诺的小企业主菲尔·阿尔巴洛周日告诉MSNBC的大卫·古拉说，自本月初公开听证会开始以来，努恩斯的表现引发了“草根阶层对他2020年反对共和党运动的巨大支持”。
阿尔巴洛说:“从上周半开始，我想人们已经真正理解了德文·努恩斯的真正意图，那就是为他和这位总统的最大利益服务。”。“过去一周半，我们从近10，000名个人捐助者那里筹集了近300，000美元，平均捐款额为22美元。所以，这实际上是一场草根运动，目的是在2020年消灭德文·努恩斯。”
古拉指出，选民们“熟悉”努恩斯的奶牛养殖历史。"你如何为你的候选人资格和他的进行辩护？"他问阿尔巴洛。
“嗯，很简单。我在这里。我在场。我被投资了。我的家人——这是我长大的地方，”候选人解释道。“这是我抚养家人的地方，在中央山谷。德文·努恩斯已经将近20年没有当农民了，他是一个职业政治家，已经失去了他作为第22国会选区代表的工作，就在中央峡谷。”
阿巴洛经营着一家小型金融服务企业，通过参与弗雷斯诺自行车和行人咨询委员会和弗雷斯诺西班牙裔商会等组织，成为圣华金河谷当地公民社区的重要成员。
尽管他反对努恩斯的运动势头越来越猛，但在2020年击败这位国会议员时，这位民主党人仍然面临着艰难的战斗。根据最后一个联邦选举委员会报告努恩斯在2016年以超过35个百分点的优势赢得选举，目前有700万美元的资金用于他的连任努力。
努恩斯这个周末受到了抨击，因为据透露他几乎花了欧洲之旅57，000美元他本人和他的工作人员涉嫌调查前副总统乔拜登的家人。提交给众议院秘书办公室的报告显示，这位国会议员声称在11月30日至12月3日期间进行了一次短暂的欧洲之旅，并为自己、斯科特·格拉贝、乔治·帕帕斯和德里克·哈维购买了航班。
这次旅行似乎证实了Lev Parnas出生于乌克兰的美国公民，曾为唐纳德·特朗普的私人律师鲁迪·朱利安尼工作。据报道，帕纳斯协助努恩斯组织与乌克兰官员的会议，寻找拜登的丑闻，拜登目前是2020年民主党的领先者。帕纳斯此后被指控犯有刑事罪，努内斯曾表示，他计划起诉发表这些指控的媒体。
2019年10月4日，众议院情报委员会在DC华盛顿举行闭门简报会，众议院情报委员会听取了情报部门监察长迈克尔·阿特金森的汇报，随后，众议员德文·努内斯(共和党全国代表大会)走过媒体，没有发表任何评论。
DEVIN NUNES' DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER SAYS HE RAISED NEARLY $300K TO UNSEAT GOP CONGRESSMAN IN 2020 AMID IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS
A California Democratic congressional candidate, who's running against Republican Congressman Devin Nunes in 2020, this weekend revealed that his campaign has raised almost $300,000 to unseat the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee since the public Trump impeachment hearings commenced two weeks ago.
Phil Arballo, a small business owner from Fresno, California, told MSNBC's David Gura on Sunday that since the public hearings began earlier this month, Nunes' performance has sparked a "tremendous groundswell of grassroots support" for his 2020 campaign against the Republican.
"I think people are really understanding from this last week and a half what Devin Nunes is really about and that's about serving in his best interest and the best interest of this president," Arballo said. "We raised almost nearly $300,000 in the last week and a half from nearly 10,000 individual contributors, with an average donation of $22. So, this is really a grassroots campaign to take out Devin Nunes in 2020."
Gura noted that constituents are "familiar" with Nunes' dairy farming history. "How do you make the case for your candidacy versus his?" he asked Arballo.
"Well, it's simple. I am here. I'm present. I'm invested. My family—this is where I grew up," the candidate explained. "This is where I'm raising my family, in the Central Valley. Devin Nunes hasn't been a farmer in almost nearly two decades and he is a career politician who has lost sight of his job as a representative of the 22nd Congressional District, right here in the Central Valley."
Arballo runs a small financial services business and is a prominent member of the local civic community in the San Joaquin Valley through participation in organizations including the Fresno's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and Fresno's Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Although his campaign against Nunes is picking up momentum, the Democrat still faces as uphill battle in defeating the congressman in 2020. According to the last Federal Election Commission report, Nunes, who won his election in 2016 by over 35 points, currently has $7 million of funds for his reelection efforts.
Nunes has come under fire this weekend after it was revealed that he spent nearly $57,000 on a European visit for himself and members of his staff to allegedly probe the family of former Vice President Joe Biden. Reports filed with the Office of the Clerk for the House of Representatives show that the congressman claimed expenses on a short trip to Europe between November 30 and December 3, with flights purchased for himself, Scott Glabe, George Pappas and Derek Harvey.
The trip appears to corroborate allegations made by Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-born U.S. citizen who worked for Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Parnas reportedly assisted Nunes in organizing meetings with officials from Ukraine to find dirt on Biden, the current 2020 Democratic front-runner. Parnas has since been indicted on criminal charges, and Nunes had said he planned to sue the media outlets that published the allegations.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) walks past the media without comment after leaving a closed door briefing with Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson before the House Intelligence Committee on October 4, 2019 in Washington, DC.
