“We need candidates that present moderate, even though they are very conservative,” said Nevada Assemblywoman Danielle Gallant. (Photo: Alejandra Rubio/Nevada Current)
Assemblywoman Danielle Gallant says if Republicans want to preserve Gov. Joe Lombardo’s veto power, they can’t run “MAGA MAGA” candidates in certain districts, and candidates who are “very conservative” should portray themselves as more moderate in order to win.
Gallant’s comments, provided to the Current in an audio recording , were made to attendees at the Las Vegas Conservative Town Hall Group the day after the June primary as she was speaking about Assembly District 21, a Southern Nevada seat where April Arndt, who was endorsed by Gallant and Lombardo, prevailed over Jon Petrick.
Petrick campaigned as “the only candidate in my race to endorse President Trump,” and following Trump’s convictions on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, posted an image of Trump with the caption “Guilty of being a patriot.”