In Case You Missed It, corrupt politician Adam Laxalt, who has based his campaign on his efforts to overturn the 2020 election for Donald Trump, is now trying to downplay his ties to the former president. According to new reporting from the New York Times, Laxalt has recently scrubbed his website of its opening banner showing off his endorsement from Trump and the information is no longer on his home page. 

Hard as he might try, Laxalt isn’t fooling anyone. Laxalt has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars running ads highlighting his Trump endorsement: 

Laxalt held two events with Trump to boost his campaign in 2022: 

And their ties are far from a well-kept secret: 

• Nevada Current: Adam Laxalt, Trumpism and the Big Lie: A chronology
• Salon: Trump-loving Nevada Republican preparing “voter fraud” challenges — 220 days before election
• The Washington Post: Opinion: GOP candidates add a repulsive new twist to Trump’s ‘big lie’
• Associated Press: Laxalt hints at legal fights ahead of 2022 US Senate race
• Associated Press: Senate hopeful headed to Mar-a-Lago slams Dems over Jan. 6
• The New York Times: A Republican Fights Voter Fraud in His Race (231 Days Before Election Day)
• The Washington Post: Opinion: Stop pretending Trump and his supporters care about ‘voter fraud’
• Vice: Trump Is Endorsing Candidates Who Could Try to Help Him Steal 2024
• Huffington Post: Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Won’t Commit To Certifying 2024 Election Results
• Reno Gazette Journal: Adam Laxalt goes on Steve Bannon’s podcast ‘War Room,’ calls ‘election integrity’ biggest issue
• NBC News: A top GOP Senate candidate walks ‘rigged election’ tightrope in Nevada
• Newsweek: Trump-Backed Adam Laxalt’s Lengthy List of Financial Scandals
• Nevada Independent: Opinion: Trump-loving Laxalt’s law-and-order rhetoric rings hollow 
• The Daily Beast: This Trump Crony Is Trying to Overturn the Election. His Own Group Has Thrown in the Towel.
• MSNBC: Laxalt is of course a strong proponent of Trump’s big lie because again, that is a prerequisite in much of today’s Republican Party.
• Newsweek: Adam Laxalt, Trump Ally Who Filed Suits to Overturn Nevada Election, Running for Senate
• Huffington Post: Republican Vote-By-Mail Opponent Tells Rural Nevada Voters It’s Actually Fine
• Nevada Independent: Laxalt files new lawsuit challenging Nevada’s alleged inability to keep noncitizens off of voter rolls
• CNN: Top spokeswoman for Nevada Republican Senate nominee marched on Jan. 6 with Oath Keepers, including one charged with sedition

Statement from Nevada Democratic Victory spokesperson Olivia Davis: 

“Laxalt is the ‘face of’ the Big Lie in Nevada and has based the majority of his campaign around his allegiance to Trump. It’s laughable that Trump’s top lackey in Nevada would try to distance himself from the defeated former president now, after he went further than anyone to overturn the 2020 election on his behalf.”

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