Jacob expressed frustration Monday with statements Cannon made during the debate at Utah Valley State College.

"Saturday, I felt like he called me a racist, and that part bothered me quite a bit," Jacob said. "He didn't just say it once, he said it many times. He called the people coming out with this ad racist, and that didn't sound to me like a statesmanlike comment. I didn't consider it becoming of a congressman."

Cannon didn't call Jacob a racist but said the Republican party is split between arch-conservatives like Team America and conservatives with more moderate views on immigration reform over whether the party will be "anti-foreigner" or one that solves problems.

Cannon directly referred to Team America leader Bay Buchanan as a xenophobe. Hunter said Monday that Cannon was referring to an e-mail Buchanan sent last week that Cannon believed used a code for racism by talking about America being overrun.

In the same debate, Jacob implied that Cannon was a bum who needed to be thrown out of Congress but also didn't directly use the term.

"Chris is not expressing his outrage or offense at being called a bum," Hunter said, "because he is neither outraged nor offended."

Buchanan said in her e-mail, meant to raise money to pay for running the ad in Utah, that she will continue to raise money to keep the anti-Cannon ads on the radio until the primary.

Hunter said Jacob is benefiting from the ads because they call for his election, and that Jacob must decide if he wants to associate himself with people playing on fears the United States might be overrun by illegal immigrants.

Jacob said voters in Utah's 3rd Congressional District want the borders secured.

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