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stated on January 6, 2025 in a Facebook post:

McQueen High School in Nevada issued a “masturbation notice” to students.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 10, 2025
Threads posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in a post:

“In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people.”

By Sara Swann • November 8, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Nevada ballots “don’t even have to be postmarked to be counted” after the election.

By Jeff Cercone • November 5, 2024
Make the Road Nevada
stated on October 28, 2024 in an X post:

Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown “wants to cut Medicaid and Social Security.”

By Seth A. Richardson • November 1, 2024
Sam Brown
stated on October 21, 2024 in an X post:

“Jacky Rosen voted to allow biological men to compete in women’s sports.”

By Seth A. Richardson • October 29, 2024
Sam Brown
stated on August 15, 2024 in an X post:

Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen said the Biden administration did a "tremendous job" on the U.S. military’s Afghanistan withdrawal.

By Seth A. Richardson • September 26, 2024
Jacky Rosen
stated on August 13, 2024 in an ad:

“Sam Brown publicly supported forcing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare and was caught on tape saying he admires the plan to phase out Social Security and Medicare in five years.”

By Seth A. Richardson • September 24, 2024
Sam Brown
stated on August 28, 2024 in a campaign appearance:

Proposed Nevada constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights would put “essentially no limit on access to abortion.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 13, 2024
One Nation
stated on August 23, 2024 in an ad:

“Sen. Jacky Rosen voted to increase taxes on families making less than $75,000 a year.”

By Seth A. Richardson • September 9, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 2, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a child “saved” by Deputy Ryan Braidley in Elko County, Nevada.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 5, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas:

“Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.”

By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2024
Sam Brown
stated on August 9, 2024 in an X post:

Jacky Rosen “said ending taxes on tips would ‘hurt working Nevada families.’”

By Seth A. Richardson • August 23, 2024
Jacky Rosen
stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign ad:

Sam Brown “said abortion should be banned without any exceptions for rape or incest.”

By Seth A. Richardson • August 19, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:

The Las Vegas Sphere displayed a derogatory message directed at former President Donald Trump.

By Sara Swann • March 21, 2024
Sean Parnell
stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Nevada database glitch showing voters cast ballots when they didn’t is evidence that voting by mail is “the largest source of potential voter fraud.”

By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2024
X posts
stated on October 11, 2023 in a tweet:

The Las Vegas Sphere displayed an Israeli flag.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 13, 2023
Viral image
stated on July 14, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Las Vegas Sphere displayed a derogatory message directed at President Joe Biden.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 20, 2023
Bloggers
stated on June 16, 2023 in a blog post:

“Unprecedented UFO landing” in Las Vegas.

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 21, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Este video muestra "extraterrestres en Las Vegas captados por una cámara de seguridad".

By Maria Briceño • June 15, 2023
Jared Moskowitz
stated on March 26, 2023 in an interview on CNN:

Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 11, 2022 in a video shared on Instagram:

It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night.

By Madison Czopek • November 16, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2022 in a Truth Social post:

Election results in Clark County, Nevada, and Arizona are not yet known because those places “want more time to cheat.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 11, 2022
Adam Laxalt
stated on November 20, 2022 in an ad:

“Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 3, 2022
Club for Growth Action
stated on October 21, 2022 in an ad:

Catherine Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote” to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners.

By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Adam Laxalt is “anti-DACA” and “fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 26, 2022
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Wikileaks releases moon landing cut scenes filmed in the Nevada desert.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:

There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 21, 2022
Club for Growth
stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad:

As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad:

Says Adam Laxalt said it is “good news” that “a lot of those Hispanic small businesses never reopened” after the pandemic.

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 22, 2022 in an ad:

Adam Laxalt “would let Nevada and other states ban abortion with zero exceptions.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 10, 2022

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