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Donald Trump Is Bringing His Greatest Election Denier Hits to Vegas

Trump lands in Nevada claiming he won it in 2020 — and his handpicked slate of Republican election deniers is running to rig the next election.

As he brags about tax breaks for billionaires, his handpicked Nevada Republicans are desperate to rig the next election.

Donald Trump lands today in Nevada, a state that he continuously, erroneously claims to have won in 2020, and he's likely going to be greeted by a whole slate of his election denier cronies who share his contempt for the will of the people. He's already installed one: Trump appointed Sigal Chattah, a 2020 election denier who lost her bid for Nevada attorney general in 2022, as the state's top federal prosecutor — and she has used the post to chase bogus voter-fraud probes and try to shield Nevada's fake electors from prosecution. Trump has spent his entire second term trying to rig the game and stop Americans from voting, from demanding Congress and the U.S. Postal Service ban mail-in ballots to watching his DOJ get laughed out of court after court trying to seize state voter rolls. He can dress it up however he wants, but the truth is simple: Donald Trump is terrified of voters, because he knows he can't win a fair fight. And he won't have to look far for company in Nevada. The Republicans on the ballot this November are running the same playbook Trump wrote: attacking mail voting, refusing to accept elections they lose, and campaigning for the power to run the next election while still relitigating the last one. Voters pick our leaders. Not the other way around. And this slate of election deniers is hell-bent on making sure Nevadans never get the chance to prove it.

Meet the Silver State Slate of Election Deniers

Gov. Joe Lombardo (Running for Reelection)

Gov. Joe Lombardo is running for reelection after casting doubt on Nevada's elections without evidence. Trump said that Lombardo is a “big advantage” to him politically, and Lombardo has proven it by twice vetoing legislation that would have established felony criminal penalties for fake electors who attempt to steal Nevada's electoral votes. Lombardo had the chance to protect Nevada's elections. He chose to protect election thieves instead.

Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony (Running for Reelection)

Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony is running for reelection after spending years insisting, without evidence, that his own 2020 election loss was “stolen” — and he's said he wants to use his position as presiding officer of the state Senate to gut Nevada's permanent vote-by-mail system that most Nevadans use to vote today. Anthony lost, whined about it for years, and now wants to use his power to make sure no one else gets to vote the way they want.

Jim Marchant (GOP Nominee for Secretary of State)

Jim Marchant, the GOP nominee making his second run for Secretary of State, has spewed lies about “stolen” elections, said he was called to run for office by QAnon, and promoted the illegal 2020 fake elector scheme. His 2026 platform is to end mail voting, force every Nevadan to re-register to vote, and hand-count ballots statewide — a naked scheme to make it as hard as possible for Nevadans to be heard — and he's said that he doesn't even trust the results of his own primary election victory. Nevadans sure as hell shouldn't trust him running their elections.

State Sen. Carrie Buck (Running for Congress in NV-01)

State Sen. Carrie Buck, now running for Congress in NV-01, falsely claimed 1,500 dead people voted in 2020 — and when the Legislature actually tried to make fake-elector schemes a felony, Buck voted no twice. Buck had two chances to stand against election fraud. She sided with the fraudsters both times.

The Bottom Line

Nevada Republicans can lie about dead voters, gut mail ballots, and shield fake electors all they want. What they can't do is stop the will of the people.

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