(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .



NV-Sen: “There Should Be Consequences for People Who Undermine Our Democracy and Peddle the Big Lie” [1]

['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags']

Date: 2022-10-23

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D. NV)

Damn straight:

One day before early voting begins here, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto argued that voters should rebuke her GOP opponent at the ballot box for his role in promoting falsehoods about the 2020 election. At an event meant to highlight her crossover appeal with Republicans, Cortez Masto, the Democratic incumbent, sought to tie Adam Laxalt to the violence that occurred on Jan. 6, where a mob of supporters who professed belief in then-President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen ransacked the U.S. Capitol. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Adam Laxalt, Donald Trump and others like them who peddled those lies and conspiracies right after the election fueled that violent mob,” Cortez Masto said, standing in the backyard of a GOP supporter in this key swing county. “There should be consequences for people who undermine our democracy, who peddle the ‘Big Lie’ and conspiracy theories,” she added. The Republicans in attendance all said they were backing the Democratic senator in part because of what they said was the dangerous rhetoric surrounding the 2020 election and Jan. 6 coming from some in their party.

Here’s some more context:

At the event on Friday, Cortez Masto said, “Adam Laxalt, Donald Trump and others like them who peddled those lies and conspiracies right after the election fueled that violent mob.” She also described what it was like being in the Capitol on Jan. 6. “There were so many of us at that moment, living through it, that said, ‘Not on our watch. We’re gonna finish our job. They are not going to stop us from the peaceful transfer of power in this country and what our democracy stands for. We don’t care how long it takes to clear that Senate. We’re gonna go out and finish our job.’ And we did.” The Reno Gazette-Journal reported that among the Republicans standing with Cortez Masto were Mike Haley, the former sheriff of Washoe County; Robert Cashell Jr., a businessman and son of the late Reno mayor Bob Cashell; and Rick Trachok, an attorney and former member of the Nevada System of Higher Education board of regents. “I think it’s important at this point in time for all Nevadans to reject election deniers,” Trachok said. “This is a cancer. It’s a cancer on the body politic.” Trump recently appeared at a campaign rally for Laxalt and gubernatorial candidate Sheriff Joe Lombardo, where Trump stated that the Jan. 6 “crowd” who stormed the Capitol “were there largely to protest the corrupt and rigged and stolen election.” The latest polls show Laxalt leading the race by 2 percentage points. “This is about standing up for our true democracy and calling out those who don’t and holding them accountable,” Cortez Masto said at Friday’s event. “The best way to do that right now is through our votes.”

The Nevada Current has a whole timeline on Laxalt’s peddling of The Big Lie. Click here to read.

Turnout, especially amongst Hispanic and Latino voters, is going to be key here. Click here to get with Somos PAC’s efforts to mobilize Latino and Hispanic voters in Nevada.

Click here to learn more about voting early.

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/23/2130787/-NV-Sen-There-Should-Be-Consequences-for-People-Who-Undermine-Our-Democracy-and-Peddle-the-Big-Lie

Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/