On Wednesday, state Sen. Dave Min appeared on Fox 11 with Elex Michaelson to introduce himself to the public and make his case for Congress.

Min is running to represent California’s 47th congressional district in Orange County.

Like the other candidates who appeared on the program, given the time constraints of the program, Min can’t be faulted for the rehearsed, mostly superficial answers he had to give.

But what Min left out of his answers is more interesting than what he actually said.

During the interview, Min explained moving to Irvine in 2012 to teach at UC, Irvine, dropping a familiar line, saying, “Honestly, I didn’t I’d ever be in politics.”

It’s a line he’s used for many years, including seven years ago in a puff piece from NBC.

It’s a line that’s supposed to make Min seem endearing, like he was just going about his business when he just suddenly ended up in politics.

It’s a lie, of course.

From 2007 to 2009, Min worked for Sen. Chuck Schumer. He then worked for the Center for American Progress, an influential liberal advocacy organization from 2009 until 2012. From there, he worked at UC Irvine, waiting until 2017 to run for Congress.

In the race for Congress, Min had a bitter, nasty race against UCI colleague Katie Porter.

“I’ve been hearing for months that Dave has told a bunch of people there’s “something in my divorce that’s disqualifying,” said Ktie Porter at the time. “At first, I didn’t know what he was talking about. … I was naive. I thought, in the beginning, he was saying that it’s because I’m a single mom.”

The headline of that news story, “Katie Porter Survived Domestic Abuse, Only To Have It Used Against Her In Her Campaign,” should give you a hint about the sort of campaigner and person Dave Min is.

“These tactics make Dems look like GOP thugs,” political consultant Douglas Herman said of Min’s alleged “intimidation” of female Porter staffers at the time.

Incidentally, Elex Michaelson’s superficial grasp of the 2018 congressional race prompted him to tell Min, “The race a little nastier this time around.”

Sort of.

As people in the district are no doubt aware of at this point, Dave Min was arrested of driving under the influence last year while driving a government car. He blew at nearly twice the legal limit and asked if there was any way his crime could go unreported. When he was released from custody, he quickly deleted an old tweet of his expressing remorse over a fatal DUI. Because, you know, that’s normal behavior. Min ultimately had to plead no contest and sentenced to three years of probation.

“I have chosen to run a positive campaign focused on my record of public service accomplishments and values,” he told Michaelson.

This, too is a lie.

The Min campaign has been repeatedly attacking Weiss, as anyone who has followed the race knows. Now, it’s fair enough to go negative in a political campaign. Weiss’ team, too, has aired out Min’s DUI and his record of hypocrisy on taking corporate money. But Min is just blatantly lying that he’s running a positive campaign. He’s going negative against Weiss just as much as he did against Porter.

This editorial board will also like to remind voters, particularly Democratic voters, that Dave Min will say and do anything to get elected. The man who would have you believe he never imagined he would be a politician is desperate to be one and stay one.

This is the same Dave Min who was a willful puppet of the prison guards union, who dumped millions to get him elected to the California Senate. In return, Min has dutifully voted in favor of massive new contracts for the prison guard union — and on top of that has opposed against key criminal justice reforms.

This is who Dave Min is.