In Case You Missed It, corrupt politician Adam Laxalt was called out for hiding his most staunch anti-choice endorsements from voters on his website. This new reporting comes two weeks after Laxalt tried to hide his anti-choice support on Twitter, tweeting and deleting about attending a Nevada Right to Life event.
With nearly 70% of Nevadans supporting a woman’s right to choose, it’s not a surprise to see Laxalt hiding his out-of-step record. It’s also not the first time he’s done this: as Attorney General, Laxalt quietly signed onto multiple legal efforts to roll back abortion access, conveniently choosing not to inform the press.
Laxalt called the Supreme Court’s draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “an historic victory” and said he would support a measure to overturn Nevada’s abortion protections with a strict state-level abortion ban.
American Independent: Nevada GOP candidate Adam Laxalt omits anti-abortion groups’ endorsements from website
Josh Israel // 5.19.22
- Laxalt was endorsed in April by Nevada Right to Life and National Right to Life, two organizations that work to prohibit abortion. “Adam Laxalt supports pro-life protections for unborn babies and their mothers,” National Right to Life said in its endorsement.
- But as of Thursday, the list of endorsements on his campaign website does not include either group.
- Laxalt has downplayed his opposition to abortion rights. His website’s issue page identifies him as “pro-life” but makes no mention of his support for overturning Roe v. Wade and the reproductive rights it affirmed. Instead, it uses misleading and inflammatory terminology…
- After the Republican Supreme Court majority’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that would overturn Roe leaked earlier this month, Laxalt proclaimed it a “historic victory for the sanctity of life and the principles of democratic self-determination.”
- But as Nevada’s attorney general, Laxalt supported efforts in other states to roll back abortion rights. As an unsuccessful 2018 gubernatorial candidate, he promised to “look into” conducting a referendum on eliminating the state’s abortion protections.
- On May 5, Laxalt tweeted out photos of himself taken that day at a gala for Nevada Right to Life and said, “I’m proud to have their endorsement and look forward to fighting for life as our state’s next Senator.”
- Soon after, Laxalt deleted the tweet. Immediately after the Nevada Independent’s Jon Ralston pointed out the deletion was “a perfect encapsulation of how GOP candidates are behaving with the Roe news,” Laxalt reposted it.
- Cortez Masto is a strong supporter of reproductive rights and a co-sponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would make the decision in Roe part of the United States Code.
- In remarks delivered on the Senate on May 10, Cortez Masto said, “If we want our daughters to grow up with the same freedoms we have had for fifty years, we have to act. We need to stand up for women in America and trust them to make their own decisions about their health, their families, and their lives. I believe in American women, and I will fight for them.”
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