Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s ad framed GOP Adam Laxalt’s remark as though he was cheering the loss of Hispanic jobs from the pandemic. In context, he was saying Nevada and national Democratic leaders should take the blame.
Her 15-second Spanish-languagebegins with images of two blue-collar workers behind these words:"Adam Laxalt speaking about Nevada's Latino small businesses."
An audio clip of Laxalt speaking plays as his photo appears on the screen. He says in English : "I think the good news is that now we’re a year, a lot of those jobs never came back, a lot of those Hispanic small businesses never reopened."Reinforcing the claim is a caption below the video that has the same text that Cortez Masto posted with the ad on Facebook:
"Adam Laxalt said it was ‘good news’ that Latino small businesses suffered during the pandemic because he thought it would benefit him politically. He is not fighting for Nevada, only for himself." Cortez Masto’s claim that Laxalt hailed the loss of jobs and Hispanic businesses is based on how she stripped away the context of his remarks.The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational FundNevada race could decide which political party controls the Senate, which is split 50-50.
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