{"id":849563,"date":"2021-10-05T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=849563"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:14:15","slug":"democratic-candidate-flaunts-modeling-skills-at-oil-spill-photo-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-candidate-flaunts-modeling-skills-at-oil-spill-photo-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Candidate Flaunts Modeling Skills at Oil Spill Photo Shoot"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdemocratic-candidate-flaunts-modeling-skills-at-oil-spill-photo-shoot%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=849563&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--><div readability=\"28.689655172414\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Blue Steel meets Blue Wave? Harley Rouda tries to pose his way to Washington<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-main-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-main.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-main-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 October 5, 2021 4:08 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"75.534307215582\">\n<p>Former congressman Harley Rouda (D.) is seeking redemption after narrowly losing his bid for a second term in 2020. This time around, Rouda has apparently decided that his amateur modeling skills could sway enough voters to boost his chances in a rematch against incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel (R., Calif.).<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic candidate recently posted a series of glamor shots taken during a trip to survey the damage from last week&#8217;s oil spill off the coast of Orange County. &#8220;I just got back from surveying the massive and tragic oil spill,&#8221; Rouda wrote to supporters in a campaign email. &#8220;It was <em>devastating<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The email included the following image of Rouda staring pensively into the distance in front of an oil rig.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-scaled-1.jpg\" alt width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/unnamed-736x414.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rouda also promoted his oil spill photo shoot on Twitter, where he posted a different shot of himself staring pensively into the distance. This one appears to have been taken with &#8220;portrait mode&#8221; or some other filter to soften the oil rig in the background while highlighting the candidate&#8217;s chiseled features and contemplative pose.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-112x85.jpeg 112w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-1400x1050.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-736x552.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-655x491.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FA4iUEpVEAA50Wg-800x600.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rouda appears to be rather fond of posing for professional-quality photographs. His campaign website includes a link touting a collection of &#8220;hi-res photos,&#8221; which connects to his Flickr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/148714166@N06\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a>. There you&#8217;ll find a number of typical campaign shots of Rouda meeting with factory workers, firefighters, and fast-food employees. There&#8217;s also one of the candidate shaking hands with a golden retriever. But what stands out is the unusual number of solo shots of Rouda doing his best &#8220;Blue Steel&#8221; impersonation in a variety of locations and outfits.<\/p>\n<p>By far the most impressive shots are the ones from a photo shoot down by the pier. Rouda is rocking a sleek white button-down and is able to convey an array of powerful emotions via the art of male modeling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda3.jpg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda3.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seriously, this guy has potential! At the very least, you can tell he&#8217;s trying very hard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda4.jpg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda4.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hands in pockets. Arms crossed. Elbows outstretched. Rouda&#8217;s arsenal of poses is formidable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-arms.jpg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-arms.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-arms-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s numerous disasters, natural or otherwise, won&#8217;t deter this Democrat from baring his soul to the camera. He&#8217;ll never let a photo-op go to waste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oil spills\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda2.jpg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda2-703x491.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wildfires\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-fire.jpg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-fire.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-fire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Homelessness\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-homeless.jpg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-homeless.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rouda-homeless-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What a poser.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Blue Steel meets Blue Wave? 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