LAS VEGAS – Republican Sen. John Kennedy inspects Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown's campaign, and both tell Fox News Digital why they think the Biden administration's policies have hurt voters in key battleground states. talked about.
“The biggest issue that people have been concerned about over the last several years has been the economy and how this Biden-Harris economy is putting tremendous pressure on individuals and families,” retired Army Capt. Sam Brown recently told Fox News. spoke. Digital at an event with Sen. Kennedy in Las Vegas.
“For example, the average Nevada household now pays $1,200 more per month than it did four years ago.” It's not fair to Nevadans that some fathers and mothers skip meals to feed their children when they can't pay rent.
Brown explained that the second issue voters are telling him about is immigration.
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Sam Brown and John Kennedy speak on FOX News Digital in Nevada (Fox News Digital)
“The second issue is this border crisis,” Brown said. “Vice President Harris is the border czar who allowed this crisis to occur and Sen. Rosen serves on the Homeland Security Committee. She must be held accountable. She should show leadership and push back against an administration that has allowed its policies to overreach, even as 400,000 convicted criminals enter this country. That's unacceptable after just one visit. And the mission is accomplished.”
Brown, a veteran who was critically injured in an IED explosion during a 2008 deployment to Afghanistan, is running against the incumbent Democrat. Sen. Jacky Rosen is in a race that could play a key role in determining which party controls the Senate. The Cook Political Report ranks the race as “Lean Democratic.”
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Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) speaks during a press conference at the East Vegas Library on June 16, 2023. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
President Kennedy told Fox News Digital that he felt it was important to go to Nevada and support Brown because veterans are “rock stars.”
“He's a beast. He's as cool a guy as he seems. We need him in the United States Senate,” Kennedy said. “The people of Nevada need him and deserve him. The people of Nevada have the right to go to the grocery store and afford it without having to sell their plasma first. Sam is our will help you solve it.”
“The people of Nevada have the right to pay their rent or mortgage without first depositing money into their retirement accounts. Sam will help us solve that problem in Washington. Thankfully, they should be able to retire with dignity and not have to live in a tent in the back of the outback and eat cat food. It's a direct result of the problem I mentioned earlier. As a direct result of the inflation caused by the Democrats who have been in power for the past four years. ”
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Jacky Rosen and Sam Brown are each running for the Senate in Nevada. (Reuters)
Brown told Fox News Digital that the energy he saw on the ground during his campaign was “amazing.”
“This is a swing state in the presidential election and a swing state in the Senate,” Brown said. “If we win this race, we'll have a majority. If President Trump wins, we'll get the White House. The people are on fire because they want change. They're hungry for change, and Jacky Rosen… As a senator, she's running from people while I'm running for them.”
Kennedy told Fox News Digital that he believes the presidential race between Harris and Trump in Nevada will be “close,” but that he believes Brown will be a “great senator.” .
“So this guy is a war hero, a West Point graduate, an SMU business school graduate, a businessman, a good father, a good husband, and very smart,” Kennedy said. spoke. “Choose between Sam Brown and what's best for Nevada. He'll devour you like a snack, dude.”
“He says back home in Louisiana that he's tough as a $3 steak. The people of Nevada need him and they deserve him. They've been through a lot. This group in Washington, D.C., their whole plan for the last four years, the Democrats are going to do the worst thing that's going to go wrong. They've screwed up this economy so badly that the American people have been gutted. And Sam Brown is going to fix it. Help lead the charge.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Rosen's campaign for comment but did not receive a response.
