In Nevada, Republicans fielded another problematic candidate, former Texan and veteran Sam Brown, who won Tuesday night's primary. He is also the candidate sought by incumbent Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen. In other words, he is a militant anti-abortion extremist.
As soon as the first round of results came in, Rosen released an ad featuring a woman who had to leave her home in Texas to seek abortion care. She currently lives in Nevada.
Brown ran for the Texas House of Representatives in 2014 but lost in the Republican primary. Part of his campaign focused on 20-week support. abortion ban The state passed the previous year.
In Rosen's ad, Valerie Preston talks about learning late into her desired pregnancy that her unborn son would not survive birth.
“Because of the law that Sam Brown pushed through, I had to leave Texas to get the treatment I needed,” she says. “Now I live in Nevada and I can’t see Sam Brown taking away our rights here either.”
The abortion ban that Brown supported in Texas a decade ago did not include exceptions for rape or incest, making it one of the strictest bans in the country at the time. Now Brown is trying hard to downplay his anti-abortion extremism, saying he was only respecting the will of Texas voters who elected the lawmakers who passed the bill. He's using the phrase most Republicans running for federal office parrot.[s] The matter is now properly placed at the state level.”
Brown served as chairman of the executive committee of the Nevada Faith and Freedom Coalition. Extreme anti-abortion group supports federal abortion ban Roe vs. Wade all “moral atrocity.” He resigned from that position last year when he filed to run for Senate.
Since his resignation, Brown has made efforts to: keep a distance His campaign told Axios that even his work with the Faith and Freedom Coalition is not about abortion but about “some of the important issues facing our state: combatting human trafficking, and advocating for meaningful criminal justice reform.” , and supporting communities affected by COVID-19 lockdowns.”
In 2014, a law was passed banning abortion. “Non-negotiable” For him. Now he says, “I support pro-life except in tragic cases, such as rape, incest, and situations where the mother’s life is in danger.”
browns campaign website He said he would not support a national abortion ban, but would “oppose any bill requiring federal funding for abortions, late-term abortions, or abortions without parental notification,” and that he has a litmus test for federal judges. He realizes the importance of protecting life.”
On the same website section It includes a list labeled 'Resources for Women'. crisis pregnancy center“Medical “clinics” using misleading and deceptive resources… [aiming] Prevents or discourages people from pursuing certain reproductive health care options, including abortion, according to Medical News Today.
He also showed his misogynistic streak when he made a sexist remark about one of his fellow opponents after a failed 2014 Texas House race that turned into a runoff between two women. That year he approval Linda Coop over Stephanie Carter; Quotation Compared to Carter, Koop's 'shared experience' within the community is Who was it? “I am not married with children to support or raise, and I refuse to plant roots.”
Brown came under fire for sexist comments fired “Because I support women, I essentially escape the definition of sexist,” he said, expressing his concerns fully.
rosen said The Washington Post reports that she is making abortion rights a key issue in her campaign. Because Sam Brown wins or something else [Republican] “If our candidate wins, we will have a 100% nationwide ban.”
“I live here in Las Vegas,” she said. “I’d bet the house on that.”
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