{"id":738177,"date":"2021-09-10T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=738177"},"modified":"2021-09-10T14:35:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:35:18","slug":"larry-elders-campaign-slams-la-times-over-photo-that-made-it-appear-he-was-hitting-supporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-elders-campaign-slams-la-times-over-photo-that-made-it-appear-he-was-hitting-supporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Elder\u2019s Campaign Slams LA Times Over Photo \u2018That Made It Appear\u2019 He Was \u2018Hitting\u2019 Supporter"},"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\">32<\/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%2Flarry-elders-campaign-slams-la-times-over-photo-that-made-it-appear-he-was-hitting-supporter%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=738177&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>California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder\u2019s campaign hit back at the Los Angeles Times Friday, accusing the publication of using a photo to suggest he was hitting a supporter.<\/p>\n<p>A white woman in a gorilla mask threw an egg at Elder\u2019s head Wednesday in an attack that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/larry-elder-egg-attack-hate-crime\/\">he says would have been<\/a> called a hate crime if he were a Democrat and not a Republican. The attack quickly circulated on social media and was widely reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/will-larry-elder-californias-governor-not-hollywood-can-help-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: ANALYSIS: Will Larry Elder Be California\u2019s Governor? Not If Hollywood Can Help It)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The LA Times <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210909193802\/https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-09-09\/lapd-investigating-larry-elder-homeless-attack-venice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">headlined its report<\/a> on the incident \u201cLAPD is investigating altercation involving Larry Elder at Venice homeless encampment\u201d accompanied by a photo showing Elder with his hand apparently on the face of a woman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.5211267605634\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Want to know how evil the U.S. mainstream media is? Read this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t6PnQeo5Sw\">pic.twitter.com\/t6PnQeo5Sw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1436252262725128192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The publication has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-09-09\/lapd-investigating-larry-elder-homeless-attack-venice\">since updated the story\u2019s photo<\/a> to a picture showing Elder, shielded by several people, walking away from the woman in the gorilla mask. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/larry-elder-egg-attack-hate-crime\/\">(RELATED: \u2018A Very Angry, Ugly Scene\u2019: Larry Elder Says If He Was A Democrat, Egg Attack Would Have Been Called A Hate Crime)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The original headline and photograph combination suggests Elder was an instigator in the altercation mentioned in the story\u2019s headline, Elder\u2019s campaign told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is completely absurd,\u201d communications director Ying Ma told the DCNF. \u201cLarry went to give a supporter a hug and the LAT used a photo taken at an angle that made it appear as if he was hitting her.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7280355\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7280355\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7280355 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235131569-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235131569-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235131569-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235131569-620x412.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235131569-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235131569-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235131569-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7280355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conservative talk show host and gubernatorial recall candidate Larry Elder speaks to the media after casting his ballot September 8, 2021 in the special recall election, outside a polling location in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is the same publication that called Larry Elder the black face of white supremacy and has consistently accused him of not being black enough,\u201d Ma continued, referring to the August LA Times opinion piece: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-08-27\/larry-elders-recall-fans-prove-hes-face-white-supremacy\">Larry Elder\u2019s fans prove he\u2019s a face of white supremacy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps you should ask them,\u201d she responded, when asked why the LA Times would use the misleading photo.<\/p>\n<p>The LA Times has not responded to a number of requests for comment from the DCNF. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/07\/virginia-abortion-mcauliffe-youngkin\/\">(RELATED: As Virginia Governor\u2019s Race Draws To A Close, McAuliffe Will Not Name One Abortion Restriction He Supports)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The woman whose face Elder is touching in the LA Times photograph expressed outrage at the publication in a Friday tweet, calling the photo \u201cdeceiving.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.8941504178273\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larryelder?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@larryelder<\/a> was my guest. We were attacked by a group yelling racial slurs, a white woman in a gorilla mask threw eggs. Yet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@latimes<\/a> finds a deceiving pic of us about to hug to confuse the story- a HATE CRIME was committed against a black man running for Governor of CA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RJxm2rmDiw\">pic.twitter.com\/RJxm2rmDiw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Soledad Ursua (@SoledadUrsua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoledadUrsua\/status\/1436170309317525514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cYesterday <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larryelder\">@larryelder<\/a> <\/span>was my guest,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cWe were attacked by a group yelling racial slurs, a white woman in a gorilla mask threw eggs. Yet <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimes\">@latimes<\/a> <\/span>finds a deceiving pic of us about to hug to confuse the story- a HATE CRIME was committed against a black man running for Governor of CA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder\u2019s campaign hit back at the Los Angeles Times Friday, accusing the publication of using a photo to suggest he was hitting a supporter.A white woman &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738177","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}