GOP’s Shaky Claims About Cortez Masto’s Net Worth
A TV ad aired by Republican Adam Laxalt and the National Republican Senatorial Committee accuses Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of putting her “own financial interests over yours” and “becoming a multimillionaire while in office.” But the claims rely on financial disclosure reports that provide only broad ranges of assets and liabilities and show no evidence of wrongdoing.
In fact, the NRSC website features an article from the conservative Daily Wire about Cortez Masto’s financial disclosure reports that said: “Nothing about her finances suggests wrongdoing.”
The ad also implies she has taken gifts as a senator, but annual financial disclosure records show that she has not. The Laxalt campaign referred us to a story that said she accepted $61,000 worth of “donor gifts” as attorney general, but we found the vast majority of those “gifts” were airfare, lodging and meals to attend conferences held by attorneys general organizations.
The Nevada Senate race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate. Cortez Masto, the nation’s , is seeking her second term in office, but faces a stiff challenge against Laxalt, a former and of former Sen. Paul Laxalt.
