Лагуна-Бич
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Лагуна-Бич - симпатичный городок на калифорнийском побережье, на полпути между Лос Анделесом и Сан Диего, находится в центре дистрикта, который в американском Конгрессе уже почти 30 лет представляет печально известный Дейна Рорабейкер.
Ныне Рорабейкер ведёт кампанию, пытаясь пробиться к Трампу и добиться помилования для Джулиана Ассанжа. Ради этого он встречался с сенатором Рэндом Полом, притащив на встречу Чака Джонсона.
“Rand Paul says the president calls him every now and then. I wanted to make sure that when [Trump] calls him that [Paul] knew enough about the Julian Assange offer that I found something of value for the president to look at,” Rohrabacher told TheDC.
He added that Paul was “very open to the idea of mentioning it to the president next time the president called him.”
Sen. Paul’s office declined to comment. Rohrabacher said that Paul was joined by a few of his staffers, and that the California congressman brought along top aide Paul Behrends and conservative journalist Charles C. Johnson.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/10/rohrabacher-rand-paul-met-to-discuss-assange-giving-up-wikileaks-source-to-us-government/

Между тем Cook Report перевёл дистрикт Рорабейкера (CA-48) из категории «тяготеет к республиканскому кандидату» в категорию “toss up” (любой исход возможен).
Rohrabacher's profile as a surfing, pro-marijuana conservative has played well in this part of Orange County since 1988. But as this coastal district's demographics have changed, Rohrabacher has taken a different turn: his recent sympathetic comments towards Russia and strange interactions with Julian Assange and internet conspiracy theorist Chuck Johnson could amount to self-sabotage in a district President Trump narrowly lost.
http://cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/house-ratings-changes-12-districts-democrats-gain-momentum
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