How They'll Try To Steal: A Republican Fights Voter Fraud in His Race (231 Days Before Election Day)
In an audio recording obtained by The New York Times, Adam Laxalt, a Republican running for Senate in Nevada, said hes already gearing up to fight election fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/us/politics/adam-laxalt-election-fraud.html
Adam Laxalt, the former Nevada attorney general, talking to reporters outside the Clark County Election Department in November 2020. Credit...John Locher/Associated Press
Nevadans still have 231 days until they head to the polls in November. But Adam Laxalt, the former attorney general of Nevada and a Republican candidate for Senate, is already laying detailed groundwork to fight election fraud in his race long before a single vote has been cast or counted.
In conversations with voters at an event at his campaign headquarters this month, Laxalt explained how hes vetting outside groups to help him establish election observer teams and map out a litigation strategy. I dont talk about that, but were vetting which group we think is going to do better, Laxalt told an attendee, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times from a person who attended the event and opposes Laxalts candidacy.
At the event, Laxalt criticized the 2020 Trump campaign and outside groups for their handling of election-fraud claims, saying that they went on the offensive too late. In 2020, it was nothing, he said, according to the audio recording. And then the campaign was late and the party was late. So, its just different now. Theres a lot of groups that are saying theres election fraud.
And should he be unable to find help, Laxalt pledged that his campaign would shoulder the cost of bringing in lawyers and mapping out a strategy, even at the expense of other core programs necessary to run a campaign. If I get into July and Im like, Dear God, no ones going to do this right, we will pay from our campaign, which means less voter contact for the reason you said, Laxalt told an attendee. If someones not going to do it, weve got to do it. And Im willing to lose on the other side because were going to take it off.
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