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TexasTowelie

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 04:17 AM Aug 2017

Heller attacked from both sides as 2018 campaign heats up

Even during a lengthy congressional recess, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller has felt no reprieve while home in Nevada.

His primary opponent, businessman Danny Tarkanian, last week launched NeverHeller.com, a website that attacks Heller’s refusal to embrace President Donald Trump the candidate in 2016.

The site pulls together several comments made by Heller over the last year or so in which the senator either said he didn’t support Trump or generally criticized the then-candidate. The site also hammers Heller for his opposition to various attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Meanwhile, Democrats launched their own offensive against Heller from the other side of the health care debate, bashing him for switching his stance from opposition to voting for the repeal effort last month.

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/heller-attacked-from-both-sides-as-2018-campaign-heats-up/

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