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Laxalt campaign paid thousands to political operative linked to Twitter account that denigrated Jews, women
A Twitter account connected to former Laxalt staffer Michael Pecjak has compared abortion to the Holocaust and claimed that “Jews are not a religious sect and are a cult,” among other comments
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Nevada republican U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt speaks during a Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta at the RNC Hispanic Community Center on October 13, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Until it was suddenly removed from Twitter on Thursday, an anonymous account called “LaxaltStan” — which spent much of its time posting bigoted comments denigrating Jews, women and gay and transgender people, among other groups — had made sure...