{"id":1997218,"date":"2023-08-10T20:47:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T00:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-announces-end-to-campaign-over-lack-of-joy-then-claims-message-sent-in-error\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T20:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T00:48:43","slug":"california-dem-announces-end-to-campaign-over-lack-of-joy-then-claims-message-sent-in-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-announces-end-to-campaign-over-lack-of-joy-then-claims-message-sent-in-error\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrat ends campaign due to &#8216;lack of joy,&#8217; but later admits message was sent by mistake."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-dem-announces-end-to-campaign-over-lack-of-joy-then-claims-message-sent-in-error%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1997218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Democrat&#8217;s Campaign Suspension \u200bAnnouncement Turns Out \u2064to Be a Mistake<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-co-hosts-of-the-view-flee-set-after-positive-covid-19-test\/\" title=\"2 co-hosts of The View flee set after positive COVID-19 test\">surprising turn<\/a> of events, \u200ba Democratic candidate running for a U.S. House seat in Orange County, California, initially sent out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">message stating<\/a> that he was suspending his campaign due to a &#8220;lack of joy.&#8221; However, just hours later, he clarified that he had no intention of dropping out.<\/p>\n<p>Aditya Pai, a candidate for the 45th Congressional District, apologized in a follow-up \u2062email, attributing the\u200d previous message to an error made by a former aide. He explained that the initial letter was meant as a personal exercise \u2063to process his emotions after experiencing the challenges of the political landscape.\u2064 It was never intended to be shared publicly.<\/p>\n<p>While Pai admitted that he had considered quitting, he emphatically\u2064 stated that he would not be suspending his campaign.\u2064 As a 31-year-old trial attorney who immigrated to Southern California from Bombay, India,\u2063 at a \u200cyoung\u200d age, Pai&#8217;s campaign focuses \u200bon fighting corruption,\u200d supporting Roe v. Wade, addressing\u200d housing affordability, promoting small businesses, and advocating for legal immigration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OOPS! <\/p>\n<p>8am: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CA45?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CA45<\/a> House candidate Aditya Pai tells donors he&#8217;s dropping out<\/p>\n<p>4pm: jk, Pai says \u2062that was sent by &#8220;a now-former aide in error,&#8221; he&#8217;s still running <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RRe5lz1hVZ\">pic.twitter.com\/RRe5lz1hVZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy B. White (@JeremyBWhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyBWhite\/status\/1689775681859895296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Jeremy White, a reporter for POLITICO, Pai&#8217;s retraction email was sent eight hours after the initial message. In the now-retracted email, Pai mentioned \u200bthat his campaign was progressing well but\u2063 admitted that his heart wasn&#8217;t fully invested, leading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-announces-end-to-campaign-over-lack-of-joy-then-claims-message-sent-in-error\/\" title=\"California Democrat ends campaign due to 'lack of joy,' but later admits message was sent by mistake.\">suspension announcement based<\/a> on a &#8220;lack of joy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Orange County Register reported that Pai has raised over $139,000, with nearly $17,000 coming from \u200ba personal loan. In comparison, two other Democratic candidates\u2064 in the race, Cheyenne\u200d Hunt, a UC Irvine Law graduate and TikTok influencer, and Kim Bernice Nguyen, a Garden Grove Councilmember, \u2062have raised\u2062 approximately $170,000 and\u200c $151,000, respectively. Meanwhile, Rep. Michelle Steel, the Republican incumbent, has raised over $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The primary elections in California\u200b are scheduled for\u2062 March, and Democrats are aiming to flip several GOP-held seats, including the one currently held by Steel, \u200das part of their strategy to\u2064 regain control of the House, as reported by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>In his updated message, Pai emphasized that his motivation for running stems from a \u2063&#8221;call to service&#8221; rather than politics. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-house-republicans-urge-colleagues-to-act-fast-on-avoiding-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"House Republicans in a vulnerable position are urging their colleagues to swiftly take action to prevent a government shutdown.\">expressed deep frustration<\/a> with the\u2062 lack of nonpartisan dedication in public service, \u200dwhich further fuels his determination \u200bto continue his campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democrat running for a U.S. House seat in Orange County, California, initially claimed to suspend his campaign due to a &#8220;lack of joy.&#8221; However, Aditya Pai, the 45th Congressional District candidate, later revealed that he has no plans to drop out, aiming to win over the district currently represented by him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1997219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1997218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}