Tag: Adam Laxalt

The midterm elections are ruining Thanksgiving – at least for a handful of families bitterly divided over relatives running for office. The latest political family feud to go public involves the Laxalt family, of which Adam Laxalt is running as the Republican nominee for Nevada governor. A dozen relatives essentially called him a big phony, in a scathing op-ed published this week in the Reno Gazette-Journal. “[W]e feel compelled to speak publicly about why we believe that Adam Laxalt is the wrong choice for Nevada’s governorship,” they wrote, out of a proclaimed interest to “protect our family name from being leveraged and exploited by Adam Laxalt.” The op-ed went on to question his Nevada-roots narrative: “The simple fact is that while he may have been born in Reno, he left as an infant and was raised on the East Coast, 3,000 miles away, in Washington, D.C., and moved here only in 2013, only one year later launching his political career. Aside from the occasional short visit, Adam never knew the state or its people.” They even mocked the candidate’s “Basque Fry” fundraiser: “This event perfectly captures the Adam Laxalt candidacy: the phoniness of the setting and costumes, the pretense of folksiness used as a prop for Washington power players …” When you’re dealing with family, some things just can’t be unsaid. Laxalt, the state attorney general, is running against businessman and Democrat Steve Sisolak, in a contest Fox News rates a "toss-up." At the time, a Republican group released an attack ad against Democratic candidate Randy Bryce, starring James Bryce. In the ad, James Bryce discussed his brother Randy’s criminal record and past comments about police officers. James Bryce, a police officer himself, lamented “cop-hating rhetoric” and said, “When people refer to police officers as terrorists – that hits a little close to home.” As James Bryce spoke, the video showed a 2012 tweet from Randy that linked to an article regarding arrests of demonstrators in the U.S. Capitol. The ad was released by the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a super PAC with ties to Ryan, the retiring House speaker.

Joe Biden took the fight to Donald Trump in Las Vegas on Saturday, before the president staged a rally in rural Nevada and on the day early voting began in the state ahead of the 6 November midterm elections. John James: ‘Battle-tested, ready to lead’ … and a black American for Trump Read more Vegas touts itself as the “boxing capital of the world”. Trump mocked Biden as “1% Joe”, a pitiful figure taken “off the trash heap” by Barack Obama. Biden entered the ring first, telling unionised workers and Democratic activists America’s values were “being shredded by a president who is all about himself”. America was built on basic decency, he said, which was “being shredded right now”. “It’s all about Donald.” The 75-year-old former Delaware senator, two-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, vice-president to Obama and frontrunner among possible 2020 candidates was speaking in support of Jacky Rosen, who is in a tight Senate race with the Republican Dean Heller. On Thursday in Missoula, Montana, he said the midterms would be “an election of the caravan”. Trapped at the border: the forlorn Hondurans hoping to reach the US Read more On Saturday in Nevada, Trump said Democrats backed an “extremist immigration agenda”. On Monday, Obama will campaign in the state, which he won in 2008 and 2012. During the 2014 midterms, Democrats stayed home and Republicans won key races.