(Chuck Muth) – It took Republicans two years and millions of dollars to flip one seat in the Nevada State Assembly and get out of their 28-14 super-minority this election cycle.
It took Assemblyman Greg Hafen less than two hours yesterday to possibly put them right back in it.
I know I’m a broken record on this, but Republicans never blow an opportunity to blow an opportunity. And here we go again.
Assemblyman P.K. O’Neil, who has been the Assembly Republican Caucus (ARC) Minority Leader for the last two years, opted not to seek the position again.
And who can blame him? Reigning in hell ain’t all that John Milton cracked it up to be.
Yesterday, the 15 ARC members – in a bitterly contested election – voted for Hafen to be their new leader.
Subsequently, conservative Assemblywoman Jill Dickman – the current Northern Assistant Leader – threatened to leave the caucus, telling me she’s tired of Republicans in the Assembly playing go-along-to-get-along footsies with the Democrats.
Here’s the ugly back story…
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NEVADA NEWS & VIEWS
- Nevada’s lieutenant governor SLAMS Mountain West commissioner over men in women’s sports. (Stavros Anthony)
- Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford fights for illegal immigrants, not Nevadans. (Victor Joecks)
- The State Bar of Nevada will hold a disciplinary hearing that could permanently disbar or perhaps suspend the law license of embattled Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones. (KLAS)
- Man Claims Donald Trump Told Him to Attempt Las Vegas Bank Robbery. (Nevada Globe)
- Mom’s video goes viral after death threat against daughter at North Las Vegas school. (LVRJ)
- Gov. Joe Lombardo has appointed former Gov. Steve Sisolak’s “COVID Czar” to a spot on the Nevada Commission on Ethics. (NN&V)
- Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Las Vegas’ marijuana black market persists despite the drug’s legalization in Nevada. (LVRJ)
X MARKS THE SPOT
- Trump-nominated AG Pam Bondi says that anyone who is fighting to keep their name private on the Jeffrey Epstein documents has ‘no legal basis to do so.’ X
- Gov. Greg Abbott is installing more deterrent buoys along the Rio Grande! X
- Oklahoma Governor to deport all illegals currently held in state prisons, saving taxpayers $36K per day! X
- California elementary assistant principal arrested for allegedly molesting at least eight children between the ages of 6 and 10 in his office. X
- Joe Rogan adopts The View’s new title for him: “Dragon Believer.” X
- The Republican Party is so hot all of a sudden. X
- We don’t hate “Karens” enough. X
- The reason you should avoid the water in Australia. X
- Men are simple creatures. X
- Why women live longer than men, another in a series. X
- That’s definitely a 10/10. X
- Whoever designed these definitely don’t like children. X
- A day they will never forget. X
- I swear officer, it was the one-armed man! X
- A Day Without Steve Inman is a Day Without Sunshine. X
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“Brad, you’re barking up the wrong tree and you’re wrong. I voted for gay marriage, twice in fact, and would do it again. But that doesn’t mean your balls have the right to be in my bathroom.” – Rep. Nancy Mace to a troll on X over her bill to ban biological men from women’s private spaces
LAUGHTER IS STILL THE BEST MEDICINE