{"id":2221996,"date":"2024-04-16T05:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T09:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deleted-webpage-contradicts-washington-congresswomans-campaign-image-as-hands-on-mechanic\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T05:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T09:17:06","slug":"deleted-webpage-contradicts-washington-congresswomans-campaign-image-as-hands-on-mechanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deleted-webpage-contradicts-washington-congresswomans-campaign-image-as-hands-on-mechanic\/","title":{"rendered":"Removed Page Challenges Congresswoman&#8217;s Image as a Mechanic"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdeleted-webpage-contradicts-washington-congresswomans-campaign-image-as-hands-on-mechanic%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=2221996&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--><p>The summary includes details about Congresswoman \u2063Marie\u200c Gluesenkamp Perez&#8217;s previous portrayal as a hands-on mechanic in her political campaign. It highlights discrepancies in\u2062 her\u2062 involvement\u2062 in her\u200d husband&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-has-to-be-him-anticipation-for-trump-2024-run-builds-up-at-pennsylvania-rally\/\" title=\"\u2018It Has to Be Him\u2019: Anticipation for Trump 2024 Run Builds up at Pennsylvania Rally\">auto shop business<\/a>, mentioning\u200c changes to the website content \u2064and ownership\u2063 filings over the years.\u2062 The evolving narratives \u2062surrounding her role\u200b and ownership in the shop add complexity to her reelection bid.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Archived website claims Dem. congresswoman \u2018worked mostly behind the scenes,\u2019 with no mention of physically working on cars<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tMarie Gluesenkamp Perez (Facebook)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Marie Gluesenkamp Perez slides out from underneath a car. She\u2019s wearing a mechanic\u2019s uniform. &#8220;I&#8217;m not your typical candidate for Congress,&#8221; she tells the camera.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how the Democrat introduced herself to voters in Washington&#8217;s third district in 2022: a hands-on auto shop owner willing to get her fingernails dirty. The image remains central to her reelection campaign\u2014after defeating Republican challenger Joe Kent two years ago, she was the subject of a <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2023\/01\/19\/marie-gluenskamp-perez-democrats-middle-class-00078215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profile<\/a> titled, &#8220;She Fixes Cars. Can She Fix Congress&#8217; Elitism Problem?&#8221;\u2014in which she said she had &#8220;replaced hundreds of catalytic converters.&#8221; Perez&#8217;s campaign site features on its <a href=\"https:\/\/marieforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homepage<\/a> a photo of the congresswoman posing in her uniform on the shop floor, while the site&#8217;s &#8220;media center&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/marieforcongress.com\/media-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">includes<\/a> stock footage of Perez inspecting parts and turning a wrench.<\/p>\n<p>Years before Perez ran for Congress, however, she described her work for her husband&#8217;s auto shop, Dean&#8217;s Car Care, in a different light. A since-deleted portion of the shop&#8217;s website from 2018 said Perez worked &#8220;mostly behind the scenes managing the business side of Dean&#8217;s&#8221; and &#8220;enjoys making spreadsheets and burning the cookies for our holiday gift boxes.&#8221; The site was changed sometime before Perez&#8217;s 2022 campaign to remove the portion saying Perez worked &#8220;mostly behind the scenes,&#8221; archives show.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the website change, Perez has depicted herself as the shop\u2019s longtime co-owner.<\/p>\n<p>In a since-deleted LinkedIn profile, Perez listed herself as the co-owner of Dean&#8217;s Car Care since 2013. At Reed College\u2014Perez\u2019s alma mater\u2014a 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reed.edu\/reed-magazine\/articles\/2023\/marie-gluesenkamp-perez.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profile<\/a> also claimed the Democrat had co-owned the shop for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>But Perez&#8217;s husband launched the business in 2013 with no mention of Perez in the corporate filings. Three years later, during an unsuccessful run for county commissioner, Perez submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanita-gupta-says-she-backs-15-livable-wage-her-family-business-pays-mexicans-1-30-an-hour\/\" title=\"Vanita Gupta Says She Backs  \u2018Livable Wage.\u2019 Her Family Business Pays Mexicans .30 an Hour.\">personal financial disclosure<\/a> that said she did not have an ownership stake in the shop.<\/p>\n<p>Dean&#8217;s Car Care submitted an amended filing in 2018 that listed Perez as a secretary, and a subsequent financial disclosure Perez filed that year said she owned 51 percent of the business. In <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150816230901\/http:\/www.deanscarcarepdx.com\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170604002006\/http:\/www.deanscarcarepdx.com:80\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a>, the business&#8217;s website suggested Perez was not actively working at the shop, instead mentioning her as Dean&#8217;s fianc\u00e9e and wife, respectively. The site was updated to note Perez&#8217;s &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; work for the shop in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations come as Perez gears up for a contentious reelection campaign. In 2020, former president Donald Trump won Washington\u2019s third district by 51 percent of the vote, while former Republican congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler received over 56 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Through a campaign spokesman, Perez acknowledged that she did not found the auto shop with her husband. She also defended her mechanic&#8217;s image, saying she &#8220;spends her time working on many things&#8221; beyond auto repair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marie is the co-owner and operator of a small family auto repair and machine shop, and like any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-to-partially-reopen-indoor-dining-in-nyc-for-valentines-day-if-positivity-rates-hold\/\" title=\"Cuomo To Partially Reopen Indoor Dining In NYC For Valentine\u2019s Day, \u2018If Positivity Rates Hold\u2019\">small business owner<\/a>, she spends her time working on many things beyond the core business, in this case auto repair and machining,&#8221; the spokesman told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;Her husband Dean started the shop as a mobile mechanic, and now they own it together and work on cars together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Perez represents Washington\u2019s Third Congressional District, the auto shop is located in Portland, Oregon.\t<\/p>\n<p>Perez, who <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/gluesenkamp-perez-defeats-trump-backed-kent-was-3rd-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caucused<\/a> for Bernie Sanders in 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/marie-gluesenkamp-perez-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last year that she &#8220;paid more in taxes than Jeff Bezos, the second-richest person in the country.&#8221; She also said that, as a business owner, she worries about making payroll and paying her taxes. Yet, Perez failed for more than six months to pay the 2022 property taxes on Dean\u2019s Car Care, effectively skipping out on thousands of dollars in business taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly four months after the 2022 taxes were due, Perez\u2019s husband, Dean Gluesenkamp, became the sole owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-irs-is-about-to-become-very-acquainted-with-your-money\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s IRS Is About To Become Very Acquainted With Your Money\">auto-repair shop<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ase.com\/repair-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> to the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), Dean\u2019s Car Care does not have a blue seal, and is thus not considered a shop where a large percentage of technicians are ASE-certified professionals.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archived site suggests Dem. congresswoman mainly operates behind the scenes. No reference to hands-on car work. Candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, featured on Facebook, emerges from beneath a vehicle in a mechanic&#8217;s attire. &#8220;I&#8217;m no ordinary congressional contender,&#8221; she states on camera, introducing herself uniquely to the electorate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":2221997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/277362603_122164237069114_3482358461451366423_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/277362603_122164237069114_3482358461451366423_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221996","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\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}