Sam Brown, a Republican running for Nevada’s contested Senate seat, entered Thursday night’s debate with a considerable deficit and a clear mission: Shout out to Democratic opponent Sen. Jackie Rosen and forcefully argue that he is the nominee. Fight for working people.
At a policy-heavy time, Mr. Brown has repeatedly tried to use the economic downturn in Nevada to his advantage, saying he understands voters’ distress over gasoline and grocery prices, and Ms. Rosen also argued that he did not leave. touching
“Most of us can’t afford basic living at this point, and for Senator Rosen, an elite living in a gated community,” it’s easy to support green energy sources, he said at one point.
First term senator Mrs. Rosen often fired back, and he was ready with a number of accomplishments and bills he supported, saying he championed housing because of high prices. By raising interest rates, Mr. He suggested that Brown “wants to cause pain” to Nevadans and attacked him over his past opposition to abortion.
Both candidates have been seen as relatively mild-mannered — despite moments of controversy and interruption — and it’s not clear that any of the attacks will leave a lasting mark, leaving Mr. Could cause trouble for Brown. Republicans were privately bullish about his campaign’s prospects and watched him make a forceful case against Ms. Rosen on stage.
Mr. Brown turned questions about housing policy, renewable energy and UFOs into jabs about his opponent’s wealth. Mrs. Rosen A multi-millionaire With a broad portfolio of stocks and index funds, his campaign said he has not traded individual stocks in the past five years.
“It’s interesting to note that Senator Rosen wants to penalize greedy companies,” he said. “What if we fined greedy politicians who do things we can’t afford?”
He is Mrs. He didn’t offer a deep insight into what he would do differently from Rosen, and he was mostly content to promote his accomplishments without refuting his claims.
Eventually, she pushes back, complaining that his answer has “nothing to do with UFOs” after he throws the question about aliens back on the offensive, and then reveals her working-class roots.
“I worked as a waitress in college, and I always worked hard; this was rejected,” Ms. Rosen said. “It was all fired.”
Ms. Rosen was very aggressive on the topic of abortion, which Mr. A vulnerability for Brown. He mentioned that His wife had an abortion Early in her career, after an unplanned pregnancy, she said she would not vote for a federal ban on the practice.
But Mr. Brown noted that “it’s not to change our existing law,” referring to a ballot measure that enshrined access to abortion in the state’s constitution, noting that she has been vocal in the past, saying that Ms. Rosen jumped. Resistance to practice.
“If you don’t believe he’s going to support a nationwide abortion ban, he’s got some waterfront property to sell you on the Las Vegas Strip,” he said.
Mr. Brown, a newcomer to Nevada, has struggled to raise her profile against a well-funded incumbent, missing several opportunities to introduce herself to voters in front of her campaign’s largest local audience.
A military man, Mr. Brown was nearly killed by an explosion in Afghanistan and left permanently scarred after a three-year recovery that included more than 30 surgeries. He has woven his life story and near-death experience into his pitches on the campaign trail. But he hasn’t done so on the debate stage, especially in Israel and Gaza, even during questions about veterans’ health and foreign conflicts.
“As someone who has seen the horrors of war, I can tell you that no one should have to go through that,” said Mr. Brown said.
And he was Mr. in Nevada. Former President Donald J. He waited until about 20 minutes into the debate to bring up Trump.
Mr. If Trump returns to the White House, Mr. Brown eventually said, “I can be his partner in the Senate.”
