By Ronald J. Hansen | Arizona Republic
Republican U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko has agreed to take down campaign signs falsely asserting her Democratic opponent, Hiral Tipirneni, is a “fake doctor” after a medical group that backed Lesko pressed her on the issue.
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The reversal comes days after Tipirneni, a licensed physician and cancer-research advocate, strongly pushed back on the signs, calling Lesko’s tactics “despicable” in a meeting Thursday with the editorial board of The Arizona Republic.
Lesko relented after ARMPAC, the Arizona Medical Political Action Committee, which has endorsed her, told Lesko in a meeting they viewed the “campaign signs as an insult to the medical profession, discounting the education and training required of physicians to become licensed and credentialed.”
The group said Lesko agreed to take down the signs afterward. ARMPAC maintained its Lesko endorsement.
