Prominent Election Denier Adam Laxalt Wins Nevada GOP Senate Primary
Source: huff post
Laxalt will take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in one of the most closely watched races this year.
Jun 15, 2022, 01:03 AM EDT
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Adam Laxalt, a Donald Trump-endorsed Big Lie purveyor, cruised to victory in the Nevada GOP Senate primary on Tuesday.
Laxalt, who easily beat Army veteran Sam Brown for the Republican nomination, is hoping to unseat incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats this cycle. A GOP pickup in Nevada would severely endanger Democratic control of the Senate next year.
Since the 2020 election, Laxalt has emerged as a champion of Trumps election fraud lies, especially among Republican senate hopefuls. A former Nevada attorney general who served as Trumps campaign co-chair, Laxalt filed several lawsuits on behalf of Trump allies seeking to overturn President Joe Bidens victory.
Laxalt has suggested he may challenge the results of his own race if he loses in November.
With me at the top of the ticket, were going to be able to get everybody at the table and come up with a full plan, do our best to try to secure this election, get as many observers as we can, and file lawsuits early, if there are lawsuits we can file to try to tighten up the election, Laxalt told a local radio host in August...................................................
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I am really fearful of losing the Senate come November. This inflation factor is helping along my fear.
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Walleye
(30,935 posts)No its all about manipulating the mechanics of the election. This is what we have come to
ck4829
(35,037 posts)Lil Liberal Laura
(228 posts)If so, that's sad, as the elder Laxalt was an actually-sane Republican.
ColinC
(8,277 posts)But good news bears for an at least slightly less electable candidate for that seat.