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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGPE) - Congressmember David Valadao said helium volition fto his ballot "speak for itself" erstwhile asked astir who helium volition beryllium voting for successful the 2024 statesmanlike election.
The comments came during Wednesday evening's Central Valley Congressional Debate. Valadao is moving against erstwhile State Assemblymember Rudy Salas to correspond California's 22nd Congressional District.
Valadao said during the statement helium has nary volition of revealing whether helium volition beryllium voting for Donald Trump oregon Kamala Harris for president.
"Any notation of who I'm voting for is gonna beryllium perceived arsenic an endorsement, and truthful I've chosen to tally my race, absorption connected the 22nd Congressional District, and not get progressive successful the statesmanlike race," helium said.
Valadao says Central Valley voters should not attraction astir his governmental preference. Instead, they should attraction whether oregon not whoever is successful Washington is "delivering" for the Central Valley and not acrophobic of "going against their ain party."
However, erstwhile asked if idiosyncratic who helium voted to impeach would beryllium a "responsible choice" for president, Valadao said that his ballot "will talk for itself."
"History volition beryllium the justice of that, and to effort to get progressive and effort to relive, and relitigate that concern is conscionable not adjuvant rhetoric close now."
Valadao had voted to impeach erstwhile President Donald Trump pursuing the events of Jan. 6, 2021. In a connection astatine the time, Valadao said Trump's "inciting rhetoric was un-American, abhorrent, and perfectly an impeachable offense. It’s clip to enactment state implicit politics."
The statement was hosted successful Bakersfield, California, and was moderated by CBS47's Brian Dorman and KGET's Alex Fisher.
