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WATCH: Trump-Endorsed Brown Scores Knock-Out Punch in NV Senate Debate on Dem's Sketchy Stock-Trading

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One of the heavyweight bouts in the upcoming election is the U.S. Senate 
race in Nevada, between Donald Trump-endorsed Sam Brown, a retired Army 
captain, and incumbent Democrat Senator Jacky Rosen. But Brown's campaign 
has been sputtering of late, as my colleague in the Silver State, Brittany 
Sheehan, wrote in her column ahead of Thursday night's debate between the 
contenders:

The bellwether status of Nevada serves as a fire alarm for Republican 
Senate candidate Captain (Ret.) Sam Brown, who gained notoriety during the 
Republican National Convention when former President Donald Trump 
highlighted his sacrifices as a Purple Heart recipient, gravely injured in 
Afghanistan. 

However, Brown's path to victory appears increasingly challenging in this 
pivotal battleground. He has consistently failed to out-poll incumbent 
Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen and has struggled to match her fundraising 
efforts. The National Republican Senatorial Committee's recent decision to 
cancel $7.4 million in advertising for Sam Brown's campaign signals 
increasing concerns about his viability as a candidate. They have since 
reinvested about $1 million at a reduced rate, allowing for more ads but 
reflecting a cautious approach. Without significant improvements in 
polling and funding, Brown's chances of success appear to be dwindling.

...

But, it ain't over yet. 

Brown's campaign, which has recently experienced a shake-up of personnel, 
has expressed optimism that Donald Trump can lend down-ballot momentum, a 
campaign spokesperson said in a statement:

We are confident that the Nevadans voting for President Trump will also 
support Sam and other Republicans down the ballot. Sam Brown will continue 
to close the gap and fight for each and every vote. The momentum is on our 
side.

Read more: Political Pulse in the Desert: Sam Brown Campaign Sputters 
Ahead of Debate - VIP

Indeed, his fortunes in the race seem to be going in the right direction. 
His numbers are moving up, as first-term incumbent Rosen's are trending 
downward. When we last checked in with Real Clear Politics in late Sept., 
in my colleague Adam Turner's round-up on the Senate, Rosen was running 
away with it by 10 percentage points, 50 percent to 40 percent.

Read more:  ANALYSIS: Returning to the Senate Races

Now that three new polls have come in (9/20 - 10/13), Brown appears to 
have, however slightly, started to close that gap to 5.5; Rosen leads 48.8 
percent to 43.3 percent. But it's this cool moment from Thursday night's 
debate that's gaining the most attention for the Republican--a solid, 
knockout punch focusing on whether those we hire to represent us in D.C. 
deserve the trust we place in them.

Sam Brown turned a silly question about UFOs (likely because of Nevada's 
Area 51) into an attack on Rosen's allegedly sketchy, Nancy Pelosi-esque 
stock-trading.

Watch:


Brown began by admitting he's "as curious as anyone" about the existence 
of UFOs, adding that he "never saw any sort of technology like that when I 
was in the service." He continued, saying that while he might not exactly 
trust Congress to get to the bottom of it, "maybe Elon Musk can."

Here's where his genius pivot happened, which you can watch in the clip, 
where he accused the senator of "violat[ing] the STOCK Act [Stop Trading 
on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012] multiple times." And Rosen tried 
to play it off, complaining that his answer didn't have anything to do 
with UFOs, then added:

I put myself through college as a waitress, I always worked hard; this has 
been debunked. All of this has been debunked.

Her campaign told the NY Times that Rosen "had not traded individual 
stocks in the last five years."

Stay tuned!

https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/10/18/watch-trump-endorsed-brown-
scores-knock-out-punch-in-nv-senate-debate-on-dems-sketchy-stock-trading-
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