NV Elex Official Slams GOP Censure: My Job Is Not To ‘Put My Thumb On The Scale Of Democracy’ Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske speaks on stage during Global Citizen s Show Up and Vote concert at the World Market Center on October 25, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images f. Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske speaks on stage during Global Citizen s Show Up and Vote concert at the World Market Center on October 25, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Global Citizen) MORE LESS April 12, 2021 2:18 p.m.
Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske (R), swiped at her Party’s state committee after it censured her for refusing to uphold ex-President Donald Trump’s false narrative claiming that the 2020 elections were tainted by voter fraud.
"Members of my own party continue to believe the 2020 general election was wrought with fraud . despite a complete lack of evidence to support that belief," Barbara Cegavske said.
Nevada GOP Censures Republican Secretary Of State Who Defended Election Results
The Nevada Republican Party voted to censure Nevada s Republican Secretary of State, Barbara Cegavske, for refusing to investigate baseless allegations of fraud in the 2020 elections.
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LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 25: Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske speaks on stage during Global Citizen s Show Up and Vote concert at the World Market Center on October 25, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Global Citizen)
Nevada’s Republican Party voted to censure the secretary of state, accusing her of failing to fully investigate allegations of fraud in the 2020 election. She says there was no widespread fraud and that her own party is attacking her for refusing to “put my thumb on the scale of democracy.”
Cegavske pushed back on the premise of the party’s censure in a statement to the Independent on Sunday. Regrettably, members of my own political party have decided to censure me simply because they are disappointed with the outcome of the 2020 election, Cegavske said. My job is to carry out the duties of my office as enacted by the Nevada Legislature, not carry water for the state GOP or put my thumb on the scale of democracy. Unfortunately, members of my own party continue to believe the 2020 general election was wrought with fraud - and that somehow I had a part in it - despite a complete lack of evidence to support that belief.
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