Politics & Government

Tweet by AFL-CIO Official Raises Questions About DeMaio Partner's Past

Labor leader Lorena Gonzalez asks Councilman and mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio whether his partner is a convicted felon.

In a Twitter post on Friday, Lorena Gonzalez, CEO of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council—AFL-CIO, asked whether mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio's life partner has a felony conviction.

10 News and San Diego LGBT Weekly are both covering the accusation. The DeMaio campaign declined comment.

The labor council has openly opposed DeMaio, who wants to cut pensions for union workers.


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