The Nevada Democrat Party faced an avalanche of backlash after it put out a post mocking Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown as "weird."
The setup was an uncontroversial post in which Brown was pictured with JD Vance on the GOP vice presidential hopeful's campaign plane. The caption was a political promise to help fight for the working class in Nevada.
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It’s time hard working Nevadans have champions for them in the White House and US Senate.
— Sam Brown (@CaptainSamBrown) July 30, 2024
President Trump, JD Vance, and I are ready to lead and help make life better for every Nevadan and American. We’ve got you. pic.twitter.com/bab49ym0Tz
In true Orwellian fashion, the Nevada Democrat Party then responded with the Kamala Harris-commanded attack that Brown is "weird." To put it kindly the optics of that weren't good.
You can’t make this up: Sam Brown and JD Vance are claiming to be champions for hardworking Nevadans – from a private jet.
— NV Dems (@nvdems) July 31, 2024
They’re not only hypocrites… they’re just plain weird. pic.twitter.com/qEOteCvlzP
Calling someone "weird" with a picture of their disfigured face front and center is the kind of thing you'd expect to hear from a grade schooler with bad parents. It's not something a political party should be participating in. Brown is a U.S. Army veteran who went through Ranger and Airborne school before being deployed. He was gravely injured by an IED in Afghanistan, which is why he has the visible wounds seen in the above post. He is not "weird." He is a hero and family man who picked himself up after immense pain and suffering to then start a business to help provide medicine to veterans.
The attempted swipe about a "private jet" is also immensely idiotic. All vice presidential candidates fly on private jets for security reasons. Will Kamala Harris fly Frontier Airlines to Nevada? Will her soon-to-be-announced running mate? Of course, not. There is nothing about being on Vance's jet that discredited Brown's statement.
The senate hopeful took the attack in stride, though, and his response left Democrats looking absolutely pathetic.
Yes, you can call my face weird. It won't be the first or last time I've heard it. But my message is not to you.
— Sam Brown (@CaptainSamBrown) July 31, 2024
My message is to anyone else who has been put down or called "weird" because of their experiences or who they are...
I say to you: do not allow others to define… https://t.co/kskp5J2tfC pic.twitter.com/kyuJa6FMJc
Some Democrats responded by claiming that the Nevada Democrat Party wasn't calling his face weird. Alright, then what were they calling weird? Because I don't think an Army veteran who gave his body for this nation and then spent his civilian life helping the underprivileged can be objectively called "weird." So yeah, I do think the post was meant to mock his appearance, and I think the backtracking now is completely unconvincing.
I hope Brown comes out victorious in November. It's going to be tough because he's facing an incumbent, but if anyone deserves to go to Washington, it's him.
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