A Phoenix man is suing GOP RepDavid Schweikert of Arizona for defamation over a 'homophobic' ad by the congressman allegedly meant to out primary challenger Elijah Norton ahead of the Aug. 2 primary.
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — A Phoenix man is suing GOP Rep. David Schweikert of Arizona for defamation over a"homophobic" ad by the congressman allegedly meant to out primary challenger Elijah Norton ahead of the Aug. 2 primary.
The text on the mailers, purportedly sent to 50,000 district residents, reads,"Elijah Norton isn't being straight with you," while a street sign reads,"Elijah Norton Unfit for Congress."The lawsuit, filed this week in Maricopa County Superior Court, also names as a defendant the pro-Schweikert PAC Americans for Accountability in Leadership.
The lawsuit recalls a decade-old campaign episode in which Schweikert's campaign allegedly tried to weaponize sexuality in a political fight. In 2012, Schweikert was running in his first reelection bid after beating an incumbent Democratic House member in the 2010 Republican wave. But redistricting, with maps drawn by Arizona's independent commission, effectively threw Schweikert into a new, suburban Phoenix district with another House Republican freshman from Arizona, Rep. Ben Quayle.
Schweikert, Norton, and Josh Barnett are running in Arizona's Aug. 2 Republican primary to represent the state's new 1st Congressional District, which includes parts of central Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and Fountain Hill.
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