EMILYs List Response to NRSC’s Baseless Attack on Jacky Rosen

For Immediate Release
August 7, 2018

EMILYs List Response to NRSC’s Baseless Attack on Jacky Rosen

Washington, D.C. — Today, the NRSC released a desperate new TV ad in the Nevada Senate race. EMILYs List Vice President of Communications Christina Reynolds released the following statement in response: 

“If Senator Heller actually had a positive record to run on, his allies wouldn’t have to resort to baseless, gendered attacks on Jacky Rosen’s qualifications. Unfortunately, Republicans are so desperate to cover up Senator Heller’s long history of breaking promises to Nevadans by undermining health care access and women’s rights that they’re forced to rely on the age-old sexist attacks that so many women face in their day-to-day lives. Jacky Rosen is immensely qualified, and EMILYs List is proud to stand with her.”

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