We are less than 100 days away from the November general election, and the campaigns are fully committed to deploying themes to attack their opponents.
The Nevada Democratic Party is hosting the "Sam Brown: Too Extreme for Nevada Tour," which will make stops across the state.
On Thursday, they brought together local advocates to discuss policy issues related to their political differences with Republican U.S. Senate Candidate for Nevada, Sam Brown.
The Nevada Democrats have launched a list of issues they have been using to criticize Sam Brown.
We reached out to the Brown campaign, and they provided the following response:
"Nevada Democrats are putting on another sideshow of lies meant to scare Nevada voters and distract them from the fact that Jacky Rosen has destroyed Nevada's economy and hurt working families. Kamala Harris and Jacky Rosen will continue the American Nightmare that's devastated Nevadans, whereas Sam Brown will save the American Dream and restore hope." - Kristy Wilkinson Communications Director Sam Brown for Senate.
The 2024 Republican Party platform states that they will 'fight for and protect Social Security and Medicare with no cuts, including no changes to the retirement age. '
On Wednesday, former President Trump posted on social media. That post read: SENIORS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY!
The Republican party platform does call for drastic government change, including closing the Department of Education and leaving education up to the States.
Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch, a public school history teacher, says it would create chaos in school funding nationwide.
"He wants to get rid of the Department of Education, which is an extreme MAGA policy that puts him out of line with everyone in my district," said (D) AD25 Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch. "That would mean we lose 2.5 Billion dollars in funding for Nevada schools. It means the end of Pell Grants and support for community colleges," said Selena La Rue Hatch.
CWA union president Marc Ellis discussed Brown and the Republican promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Which would impact more than 360,000 Nevadans.
"Some of my members don't make as much as others and need this Affordable Care Act. To strip it away would be devastating, and it also takes away one more thing I have to collectively bargain for," Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Marc Ellis.
In an article by NOTIS, JD Vance Is Filling In Trump’s Policy Gaps, Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance was quoted as saying the Trump administration will work to repeal Obamacare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act. Vance argues that the ACA is making the healthcare system more expensive and of lesser quality for most working Americans.
We spoke to a Nevada college student who relied on the ACA to survive childhood cancer.
"The Affordable Care Act actually came into place for children on March 10th, 2010, and I was diagnosed with cancer on March 12th, 2010," said Ivy Batmale.
At the age of five years old, Ivy Batmale was diagnosed with Leukemia ALL and will have pre-existing conditions for the rest of her life.
"There were multiple times where my family and I witnessed other patients in the hospital who weren't able to have the same coverage because of insurance companies excluding them from certain types of coverage or them just not being able to afford the treatments that they need, and then potentially losing their homes," said Ivy Batmale.
Longtime abortion rights advocate Laura Fitzsimmons, responsible for the 1990 referendum safeguarding the state's law legalizing in Nevada, says if Sam Brown helps Republicans take the majority in the Senate, they will have the legislative power to pass a national ban.
"We know what the United States Supreme Court will do. And federal law trumps, I hate to use that word, state law. So, if there's a determination, federally, that fetus is the same line that this faith and freedom coalition for which Sam Brown has hidden his very recent support," said Laura Fitzsimmons.
"He is the wrong choice for our state. In his own words, he says he is quoted extremely conservative, we should listen to him, and we should believe him," said (D) former Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Pappa.
We reached out to the Republican National Committee, which provided the following response:
"President Trump has long been consistent in supporting the rights of states to make decisions on abortion. Kamala Harris and the Democrats are radically out of touch with the majority of Americans in their support for abortion up until birth and even after birth, and forcing taxpayers to fund it." – Karoline Leavitt, Trump Campaign Press Secretary.
The new platform adopted by the 2024 RNC highlights President Trump's priorities, including saving Medicare and Social Security.
