Nevada GOP gubernatorial nominee's family say that he 'is the wrong choice' in op-ed
u... never say an op-ed like this before!!
Nevada GOP gubernatorial nominee's family say that he 'is the wrong choice' in op-ed
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/23/politics/laxalt-family-op-ed/index.html
By Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 5:11 PM ET, Tue October 23, 2018
(CNN)Twelve family members of Nevada Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt spoke out against him in an op-ed Tuesday, criticizing his lack of a true connection to the state and questioning his qualifications for the role.
"We are writing as members of the Laxalt family who have spent our lives in Nevada, and feel compelled to protect our family name from being leveraged and exploited by Adam Laxalt, the Republican candidate for governor," they write in the op-ed, published in the Reno Gazette-Journal.
"As this Election Day nears, we feel compelled to speak publicly about why we believe that Adam Laxalt is the wrong choice for Nevada's governorship."
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"Aside from the occasional short visit, Adam never knew the state or its people," the family members write. "Perhaps if he had, he would stand for Nevada's values rather than for those of his out-of-state donors."
The op-ed blasts the "phoniness" of his annual Basque Fry fundraiser -- an event Laxalt hosts each year where national Republican political figures speak and which he says "continues both a Laxalt tradition, and a Nevada tradition" that was started by his grandfather, former Nevada governor and US Sen. Paul Laxalt -- and the irony of how "in the face of Nevada's history as a state made of newcomers, including our own immigrant forebears, he has advocated against immigrants as well as against businesses and individuals who have moved here from other states.........................................
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