House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has a new Republican challenger in his upcoming 2018 primary.

Joe Aleman, who works as a photographer and artist, told the Los Angeles Times he is running for office for the first time because he could not, as a Christian, accept the House GOP healthcare plan to repeal and replace key ObamaCare provisions.

He told the newspaper that the Affordable Health Care Act goes too far, citing an estimated 24 million people who could lose health insurance coverage and the lifting of bonus caps for insurance executives.

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“The whole thing just seems too corrupt, I can't sleep because of it,” Aleman told the Times. “The injustice of it, just the great injustice of it.”

Aleman said he recognizes his run against the six-term lawmaker is a long shot, comparing it to an "ant against the elephant.” McCarthy took 69 percent of the vote last fall to defeat his Democratic challenger.

Aleman said he knows "God is behind opposing Kevin with me."

The GOP healthcare bill passed last Thursday by a narrow vote of 217-213 in the House. It now goes to the upper chamber, where senators on both sides of the aisle say it needs improvements.

The bill would phase out federal funding for expanded Medicaid access, affecting millions of who rely on Medi-Cal, which the program in California is known as, the Times noted.

The Times reports that protests against repealing and replacing ObamaCare occurred repeatedly in McCarthy's district.

“How is this guy throwing his own district under the bus? Who would do this to his own people?” Aleman asked.