The outcome of Nevada’s Senate race between Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Adam Laxalt could determine which party controls the Senate. Here is a roundup of claims we fact-checked from the candidates.
This combination of photos shows Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt speaking on Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas, left, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., right, speaking on April 26, 2022, in Washington. The outcome of Nevada’s U.S. Senate race between Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Adam Laxalt could determine which party controls the Senate.
Catherine Cortez Masto: Adam Laxalt is "anti-DACA" and "fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general."In 2018, Laxalt joined 24 other attorneys general who sued to keep President Barack Obama’s administration from expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and creating a new program that would benefit parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.
A review of the full audio shows Laxalt was saying it was "good news" that voters would blame Democratic leaders — not Trump — for the lost jobs and closed businesses. Club for Growth Action: Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote" to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners.The Senate passed three bills on stimulus checks, prisoners qualified for the payments because of broad eligibility rules. A vote to exclude inmates was held only for the third round of checks.
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