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Plaintiffs in a number of the Trump campaign's lawsuits challenging the president's electoral defeat have peddled conspiracy theories and made racist comments. One of them, a plaintiff represented by Rudy Giuliani in federal court this week, was even implicated in an election fraud scheme of his own.

The new revelations, first reported by Salon, add another dimension of doubt to President Donald Trump's widely discredited, last-ditch legal challenges to President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory.

"We are through the looking glass when Rudy Giuliani is appearing in court to allege voter fraud in the presidential race on behalf of a plaintiff who has previously been implicated in election fraud schemes himself," Kyle Herrig, president of government watchdog Accountable.US, told Salon in a statement. "The plaintiffs in these cases have long histories peddling conspiracy theories online. It is time for this legal freak-show to exit the courtroom and go back to the chat room where it belongs."

Among the more recent of the campaign's lawsuits is a complaint filed in Pennsylvania, which seeks a court order to block the certification of votes in the state. Giuliani took over that case on Tuesday, when he made his first arguments before a federal bench since 1992.

The amended complaint to that case includes allegations from a Uniontown resident named Larry Roberts, who claims the state did not notify him after his ballot was canceled.

"We are through the looking glass when Rudy Giuliani is appearing in court to allege voter fraud in the presidential race on behalf of a plaintiff who has previously been implicated in election fraud schemes himself," Kyle Herrig, president of government watchdog Accountable.US, told Salon in a statement. "The plaintiffs in these cases have long histories peddling conspiracy theories online. It is time for this legal freak-show to exit the courtroom and go back to the chat room where it belongs."

Among the more recent of the campaign's lawsuits is a complaint filed in Pennsylvania, which seeks a court order to block the certification of votes in the state. Giuliani took over that case on Tuesday, when he made his first arguments before a federal bench since 1992.

The amended complaint to that case includes allegations from a Uniontown resident named Larry Roberts, who claims the state did not notify him after his ballot was canceled.

Roberts is a former Pennsylvania Democratic state representative, who served from 1993-2006. During that time, he was accused of violating campaign laws multiple times, including election fraud.

In 2004, Roberts was accused of bribing a stalking-horse candidate to siphon primary votes from a Democratic challenger. That spoiler candidate, Michael Ciampanelli, at the time 20 years old, told the local board of elections that Roberts had paid him $200 to put his name on the ballot. A state grand jury investigated the claims, as did the attorney general, but what became of the probe is unclear.

That same year, the rival also accused Roberts of forging 33 signatures on his own nominating petition. The allegation was backed up by a woman who worked in one of Roberts' offices. The woman said Roberts staff told her to lie about the matter, warning her she could face jail time "if the real story came out," according to the Associated Press.

In 2007, the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission slapped Roberts with a $600 fine for violations in 2001 and 2004, including unlawfully using legislative staff to organize campaign events and co-opting his legislative office as a drop-off point for campaign materials.

A separate Pennsylvania lawsuit dropped on Thursday by the campaign featured Ted Dannerth as a plaintiff, a man who has repeatedly spread conspiracy theories online.

For instance, Dannerth has tweeted multipletimes this year about "Project Blue Beam," an apparent reference to a fringe conspiracy theory falsely claiming that a NASA-Illuminati joint effort is engineering earthquakes in order to establish a new-age religion led by the antichrist. Dannerth has also called women a "weapon" against what he considers to be the "imminent threat" of sterility that would accompany a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Trump campaign plaintiff stitched a number of baseless fringe, QAnon-adjacent theories together in a lengthy Facebook post this April. Among other things, he claimed that Oprah Winfrey's house had been raided in a sex-trafficking sting and the media had brainwashed Americans against the president, who "is working from the bottom up, to remove the Democrat/Communist/Socialist Epstein/Deep State/CCP scourge from the planet."

Dannerth was also involved in a previous 2020 election lawsuit challenging public use of a private grant to fund election initiatives over his opposition to "the election of progressive candidates in local, state and federal elections." That suit was dismissed by District Judge Matthew Brann, who is presiding over the Trump campaign's current lawsuit.

Several plaintiffs in the campaign's challenge to block Michigan canvassers from certifying Detroit-area ballots present similar personal histories.

Eric Ostergen, a Republican poll challenger named in the suit, has repeatedly pushed misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. This April, he shared a Washington Times op-ed calling coronavirus "the biggest hoax in political history," on Facebook. In a separate post, he endorsed the since-discredited treatment hydroxychloroquine.

Ostergen posted two times on Facebook about lawsuits he filed against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., over coronavirus measures, saying that "the tyrants will now be reeled in." He has also denied climate change science on Facebook, a platform where he has also posted baseless claims about Hunter Biden's laptop and voter fraud in Detroit's 2016 election.

The Trump campaign's Michigan case also features another coronavirus truther, Marian Sheridan, head of the Michigan Conservative Coalition (MCC), who in October led a "guard the vote" project after Trump's calls to recruit an "army" of poll-watchers.

In April, Sheridan's group staged "Operation Gridlock," where thousands of protesters jammed the streets of Lansing with their vehicles to express displeasure with Whitmer's stay-home orders. MCC also launched "Operation Haircut" in defense of a barber who opened his shop for illegal haircuts amid the state's lockdowns. And Sheridan hosted a Tea Party event to educate the public about "the common roots of COVID-19 hysteria and climate change."

A third plaintiff in the Michigan lawsuit, Grosse Pointe City Councilman Matt Seely, has mocked allegations of sexual assault in social media posts, including against Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

"I'M SORRY THAT BAD MAN TOUCHED YOU INAPPROPRIATELY," read one meme, featuring a crying woman, which Seely shared during the Kavanaugh hearings. "LET'S WAIT 30 OR 40 YEARS … UNTIL HE RUNS FOR OFFICE … AGAINST A DEMOCRAT."

Seely also drew criticism for a social media post in which he connected four Democratic Congresswomen of color, known collectively as "the Squad," to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the post — which was published on the 2019 anniversary of the attacks — Seely said the elevation of those women to Congress was "proof we have forgotten" about 9/11. The words accompanied a picture of the Twin Towers on fire.

Seely pushed back against criticism over the post, saying he could express political views on his private Facebook page. In doing so, he was backed by the mayor of Grosse Pointe Shores and other city council members.

In Nevada, former Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle — who already had a mail-in ballot case tossed in October — filed a lawsuit parallel to other GOP election challenges in the state, asking the court to stop the state from certifying its votes.

Angle is known for repeatedly pushing right-wing conspiracy theories, such as warning that American towns would fall to Sharia law and claiming fluoride in drinking water is a "communist plot to undermine Western democracy."

In a radio interview ahead of the 2010 midterms, Angle, who at the time was running against Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, alluded to armed insurrection as a remedy for a liberal Congress, saying — citing Thomas Jefferson — that "it's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years."

"I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying, 'My goodness, what can we do to turn this country around?" Angle said. "I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out."

The informed choice against inflation, high taxes | Sharron Angle

Sharron Angle

Reno Gazette Journal

How do we make an informed choice in the primary election June 11? Personal attacks, rather than a discussion of issues, leads to negative rhetoric that detracts from the real issues, like public safety in our schools and on our streets, or inflation at the gas pump. An inexperienced candidate leaves uncertainty about what they will do under pressure from peers, lobbyists, special interest groups and monied donors. This has created a voter cynicism of “my vote doesn’t count!”

Toni Harsh said, “On the Reno City Council, I learned how important it is to validate the voices of the public. I am confident Sharron Angle will represent us, because of her trusted leadership and integrity.”

Our schools are rife with conflicts that keep kids from attending and learning, making Nevada 50th and sometimes 51st behind Puerto Rico in academic proficiency. We need to prioritize public safety and our first responders to protect our state and our schools.

There is hope. As a member of the minority party, I introduced and passed unanimously into Nevada law:

“When I asked Sharron Angle to run for the state Legislature, I knew she was the right person for the job then and she still is. Trustworthy, reliable, committed, and now with the experience we need for Senate District 15,” stated Pastor and former Nevada State Senator Maurice Washington.

Tackling inflation and high taxes is a high priority. Inflation is a government policy, not a failure in the economic system. The governor proposed a gas tax holiday last session that was defeated by the Democrat majority. I have proposed a 5 cent per gallon decrease in the past that was also defeated by Democrats who want inflation to promote tax increases as a solution to inflation. Historically, I am Nevada’s strongest low-tax advocate, hence my reputation of “41 to Angle” for voting against tax and fee increases to restrain government spending while maintaining services.

“As a Nevada State Legislator, Sharron and I have stood together for 30 years fighting to protect our Constitution and conservative values. I’m still standing with Sharron today,” said Don Gustavson, former Nevada Assemblyman and Senator.

It is vital that we support and sustain Governor Lombardo’s 75 vetoes (and more are coming next session) to stop the extreme progressive political agenda that is already in Nevada promoting higher taxes, nonresident voting, and boys in girls’ sports.

Sam Kumar said, “I’ve been involved in the Republican Party over a decade, even as the chairman. I am a former candidate in Assembly District 25. I know Sharron Angle and I fully trust and support her.”

When lobbyists came to my office at the Legislature, they asked, “How do your constituents feel about our bill?” That's the right question! Your vote counts now with the choice you make June 11. Voter turnout is expected to be low, which makes your vote critical and more powerful.

*Sharron Angle is married and has two children and eight grandchildren. She graduated with a BA in Fine Arts, has over 25 years of teaching experience, served four years on the Nye County School Board, and eight years in the Nevada Assembly. Her campaign website is www.voteSharronAngle.com.The Reno Gazette-Journal is a member of the Gannett family of print, broadcast and digital media, which includes USA Today.

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Former NRSC Officials: Sharron Angle Didn’t Know How Social Security Worked

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Senate GOP candidate Sharron Angle builds on that Tea Party platform with her energy plan: Deregulate the ‘mining industry,’ as well as the ‘oil and petroleum industry’.

club for growth Sharron Angle (NV)--"Club members contributed over $605,000..."[2] aslo wisc?)

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Americans for New Leadership & Liberty.com

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Americans for New Leadership claims to have spent only $300,000 so far in ads attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and supporting his far-right opponent, Sharron Angle. After its first ad, the group was mocked for misspelling Sharron Angle���s name. Although it did not air any ads in the Delaware primary, the organization’s website Liberty.com did create an infamousonline video which said that Christine O’Donnell’s primary opponent Mike Castle has a male lover.

Who:

The Tea Party-backed group was founded by Tea Party activists Eric Odom and Yates Walker. Both worked on Christine O’Donnell’s successful senatorial campaign against Mike Castle in Delaware’s GOP primary, where Walker served as her spokesman and Odom was involved in online organizing. Previously, Odom and Walker worked for Doug Hoffman’s failed 2009 campaign for Congress. A Tea Party activist, Odom is involved with a plethora of Tea Party groups: he founded the website TaxDayTeaParty.com and the American Liberty Bus Tour, and runs the Liberty First PAC and the American Liberty Alliance, a for-profit organization. Erik Erikson, founder of the prominent conservative blog RedState, criticized Odom’s “tangled web” of Tea Party organizations.

Republican activist and Fox News CommentatorDick Morris helped engineer the organization’s growth. Morris asked viewers of *Hannity* and his email list to donate to Americans for New Leadership, and said in an email solicitation that ��the campaign in Nevada to replace Harry Reid is in a desperate situation and needs your help.” Conservative activists Jen Harrington, who worked in the Bush administration, and Brent Husson, the former executive director of the Nevada Republican Party, are also managing the organization.

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Spokesman Yates Walker told Politico that the group intends to capitalize on the Supreme Court’s Citizens Unitedruling: ��January’s Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, which struck down the law banning corporate spending in elections, paved the way for the new group’s formation, Walker said.” The organization can also raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as an independent committee.}:

Calling itself the right-wing version of MoveOn.org, Americans for New Leadership is attempting to strengthen the conservative “netroots” with its independent expenditure effort and website Liberty.com. Their website says that the organization’s mission is to “keep the American electorate informed and vigilantly guarding against the forces on the left who seek to redefine individual liberty, redistribute wealth, and remake America into a socialist, cradle-to-grave nanny state.” Moreover, the group decries the mainstream media as “infiltrated by the activist left” and says that the “fourth estate has become an accomplice to the progressive left’s assault on individual liberty.” It is focusing most of its resources on opposing Harry Reid’s reelection, and manages the website DumpReid.com.

Current attacks:

In a Liberty.com video, an anchorwoman criticizing Delaware Congressman and then-Senate candidate Mike Castle responds an anonymous questioner asking “isn’t Mike Castle cheating on his wife with a man?” by saying, “That’s the rumor.” Americans for New Leadership has launched two ads in Nevada. Their first ad not only originally misspelled Sharron Angle’s name, and also asserted that ��Sharron Angle won’t ‘phase-out’ Social Security” and called the charge a “lie.” However, Angle explicitly said in a debate that “we need to phase-out Medicare and Social Security out in favor of something privatized” and that Social Security “can't be fixed.” In its second ad, Americans for New Leadership repeats the Medicare funding distortion and grossly misrepresents the stimulus plan and the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

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Sharron Elaine Angle (born Sharron Elaine Ott; July 26, 1949) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2007. She ran unsuccessfully as the 2010 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Nevada,[4] garnering 45 percent of the vote.

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Life

Angle was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and moved to Reno, Nevada, when she was three.[5] Her father is a Navy veteran of World War II and served in the Navy Reserve during the Korean War. She attended public schools in Reno and later obtained a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Nevada.[5] During her senior year of college in 1970, she married Theodore ("Ted") Angle, who worked for the federal government's Bureau of Land Management as a native seed and invasive specie specialist.[6][7] Ted and Sharron Angle had two children and, as of November 2010, ten grandchildren.[8]

Angle, a Christian who attends a small Southern Baptist[9][10] church in Reno, graduated from University of Nevada, Reno with a degree in fine arts.[11] After graduation, she worked as a substitute teacher in Ely,Tonopah and Reno for 25 years, ran a family fitness gym in Tonopah, tutored juvenile offenders for Nye County, was the lead-teacher/administrator for a small "one-room" Christian school for two years, and taught art for five years as a lecturer at Western Nevada Community College in Winnemucca.[5]

Angle is also the author of Right Angle: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim the Constitution, which was self-published in 2011.[12]

Political career

Nevada Assembly

In 1992, Angle was elected to the Nye County School Board of Trustees and served one term. In 1998, Angle won election to the Nevada State Assembly and served until 2006.[5] During her time in the 42-member assembly, she voted "no" so frequently on matters of wide consensus that votes were often called as "41-to-Angle".[13]

In 2003, she hired John C. Eastman of the Claremont Institute to fight the Supreme Court decision when then Governor Kenny Guinn sued the Legislature to nullify the state constitution and allow a simple majority of the legislature to pass an $836 million tax increase in Angle v. Guinn.[14] Angle used her personal funds to defend the state constitution's two-thirds vote requirement to raise taxes and, with Eastman, took the case to Federal District Court in Nevada, which referred it to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and finally to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Legislature subsequently passed the $836 million tax increase by a two-thirds vote.[15] Angle ultimately prevailed in the suit; in 2006, the state supreme court reversed its 2003 decision and restored the Nevada Constitution's two-thirds vote provision.[16]

In 2003, Angle attempted to arrange a trip to an Ensenada, Baja California prison to assess a drug treatment program implemented there. She also arranged to visit a prison in New Mexico to assess the "Second Chance Program", which licensed its materials from Criminon, a program for rehabilitating prisoners using methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.[17][18][19] Angle sponsored legislation aimed at placing this program in certain women's prisons in Nevada.[19]

In 2005, she was the sole voter against a bill that split the property tax abatement by applying a 3% rate to residential and 8% rate to commercial property.[20] She stated that she voted no because the Nevada Constitution states that taxation must be uniform and equal and so could not vote against her oath of office to which she swore to "uphold and defend the Constitution."[13]

2006 run for U.S. Congress

Main article: Nevada's 2nd congressional district election, 2006

On August 15, 2006 Angle narrowly lost the primary for U.S. Congress in Nevada's 2nd congressional district which was vacated by Rep. Jim Gibbons. Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller received 24,781 votes to Angle's 24,353. Gibbons' wife Dawn, a former State Assemblywoman herself, finished with 17,328 votes.[21] On August 25, Angle called for a new primary election on the grounds that some poll workers showed up late for work, or didn't show up at all, in Washoe County, where she was the strongest.[22] On September 1, the Carson District Judge denied her appeal for a new election.

2010 run for U.S. Senate

Main article: United States Senate election in Nevada, 2010

On April 15, 2010, she received an endorsement for the U.S. Senate race from the Tea Party Express[23] at a rally in the nation's capital.[clarification ^needed][24] The next day, she received an endorsement from conservative talk radio personality Mark Levin[25] and she was endorsed by several other conservative individuals and organizations, including the Club for Growth,[26] Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher,[27] singer Pat Boone,[28] and Phyllis Schlafly.[29]Sharron Angle won the June 8, 2010 primary with 40.09% of the voting besting [Sue Lowden 26.11%, Danny Tarkanian 23.29% and John Chachas 3.94%.]

A June 9, 2010, Rasmussen Reports post-primary poll showed her leading incumbent Senator Harry Reid by a margin of 50% to 39%.[30] A July 2010 poll showed Reid leading Angle by seven points.[31] The change of margin, 18% in less than a month, is the largest in Senate elections history.[31]

Wikinews has related news: Nevada Republican opposes Angle for US Senate over 'extreme' anti-abortion position

Some prominent Republicans[32] opposed her candidacy. Immediately after the primary, the Republican mayor of Reno, Bob Cashell, who backed Lowden in the Republican primary, endorsed Reid for the general election, calling Angle an "ultra-right winger".[33][34] Other notable Republicans supporting Harry Reid included Sig Rogich, a former campaign staffer for Ronald Reagan and assistant to President George H. W. Bush;[33] Geno Martini, the Republican mayor of Sparks;[35] Republican State Senator and Minority Leader William Raggio;[36][37] Dema Guinn, the widow of Kenny Guinn, Republican Governor of Nevada;[38] and former Lieutenant Governor Sue Wagner.[39]

On October 3, Nevada's largest newspaper Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsed her bid for U.S. Senate against Reid.[40] That same month, Nevada Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian released a tape to the media of a recorded conversation he had with Angle where she asked him to drop out of the race. In the tape, Angle speaks candidly about her campaign and says that she cannot defeat Reid with Ashjian on the ballot.[41][42]

One of Angle's campaign ads aired on television late in her campaign entitled "The Wave" was cited as racist and despicable by Sen. Robert Menendez.[43]

On election day, Reid defeated Angle by a margin 50.3% to 44.6%.

Avoidance of the press and disputes with them

Angle was criticized during the campaign for largely avoiding answering questions from the press, both local[44] and national.[45] In September, the Las Vegas Review-Journal sued her for copyright infringement after she allegedly posted entire articles from the publication on her campaign website without permission.[46] After the campaign ended, it was revealed that the campaign developed a code word to alert office workers if the media entered the campaign headquarters: "It's time to water the plants."[47]

Scientology issue

During the primary campaign, Lowden took out a political ad criticizing Angle's alleged associations with Scientology[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] and claiming Angle "pushed a bill favored by the Church of Scientology." Although the Las Vegas Review-Journal said that "no bill was ever introduced,"[10] the Las Vegas Sun noted that Angle's website credited her with a successful bill against psychotropic drugs in schools, a position also supported by Scientologists, and that she had accompanied celebrity Scientologists Jenna Elfman and Kelly Preston to promote the bill in the U.S. Senate.[56] Angle herself promoted a similar bill in the Nevada Assembly but was not successful.[56]

During a KVBC-hosted debate on Face to Face with Jon Ralston, Angle was asked about "recent whispers" that her legislative proposal to establish the Scientology-linked Second Chance Program in Nevada prisons was a "strange foray into Scientology",[57] a reference to her 2003 proposal to study the program implemented in Mexico and New Mexico. Angle responded, "This program had a recidivism rate of less than 10 percent. They aren't massages. ... it was more of a karate chop. The sauna was a sweat box. When you're in there with 30 guys, it's not exactly a sauna."[57]

Angle has repeatedly denied "the rumor that she's a Scientologist",[58] stating that the controversy had been "largely distorted".[59] Regarding these claims relating to Scientology, Angle told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "The way to ruin a conservative is to pass them off as part of the radical fringe. They always try to marginalize me."[10]

Dearborn, Michigan controversy

In September 2010, Angle told a group of Tea Party supporters that "Sharia law" had taken over the cities of Dearborn, Michigan, and Frankford, Texas, and that these locations represented a "militant terrorist situation." Dearborn mayor John O'Reilly criticized Angle, saying, "There's no sharia law in Dearborn, Mich. ... It isn't even talked about in Dearborn," that Angle's claims were dishonest, and that "Muslims have been practicing their faith in our community for almost 90 years without incident or conflict. To suggest that they have taken over ignores the fact that Dearborn hosts seven mosques and 60 Christian churches."[60]

Canadian border controversy

The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer has asked Angle to retract her baseless assertion that the 9/11 hijackers entered the United States through Canada.[61] Angle claims that the U.S.-Canada border is the "most porous border we have" and "what we know is our northern border is where the terrorists came through." U.S. law enforcement determined that the hijackers entered the U.S. directly from third countries with visas issued by the U.S.[62]

Patriot Caucus

On December 12, 2010, Angle announced the formation of a PAC named the Patriot Caucus to "organize a ground game across most battleground states for the 2012 election cycle".[63] According to Politico, Angle "[dropped] it in February ahead of a decision to run for the Republican nomination for a Nevada House seat."[64]

2012 elections

On January 26, 2011, while attending a screening of The Genesis Code in Iowa, a reporter asked Angle if she was considering a run for the White House. "I'll just say I have lots of options for the future, and I'm investigating all my options," was her reply.[65] By February 10, she had decided against a run.[66] On March 16, she announced that she would run for the house seat held by Dean Heller (R-NV), who will run for the Senate seat held by retiring John Ensign (R-NV) in 2012.[67]

Positions

Education

Angle believes that the U.S. Department of Education should be eliminated, citing that the local approach yields the best academic results ("[The] best education is the education that is controlled closest to the local level as possible.")[68][69] Angle also holds that the Department of Education is "unconstitutional" and should not be involved in dictating educational standards from Washington, D.C.[70]

United Nations

Angle believes that the U.S. should withdraw from the United Nations, saying it is a bastion of liberal ideology and "the umpire on fraudulent science such as global warming."[71]

Social policy

Angle supports the Federal Marriage Amendment to ban same-sex marriage.[68] She believes that households in which only one spouse works outside the home is the best way to raise a family.[72] Angle is pro-life and opposes abortion, including in cases of rape or incest.[73] In a June 2010 radio interview, broadcast statewide in Nevada, Angle stated that she had counseled young girls in "very at risk, difficult pregnancies" to consider other alternatives, by which they had been able to make "a lemon situation into lemonade."[74][75]

Separation of church and state

Angle does not believe that the United States Constitution mandates the separation of church and state.[76][77]

Health care/abortion

Angle favors the privatization of Medicare.[78] She voted against fluoridating drinking water.[79][80]

Angle opposes abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, saying that it is against God's "plan".[81] In 1999, the Associated Press reported that Angle had proposed a bill that "would have required doctors to inform women seeking abortions about a controversial theory linking an increased risk of breast cancer with abortion".[82][broken ^citation] When she introduced the legislation again in 2001, the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote that critics responded by saying the alleged link was not supported by scientific evidence, calling the bill a "scare tactic".[83][broken ^citation]

During the 2010 campaign, Angle told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that, as a state legislator, she had sponsored a bill to remove the requirement that health insurers cover mammograms and colonoscopies.[84] In a debate among the Republican candidates, she repeated her support for lifting "mandates" on insurance companies.[84] When Reid criticized this position, however, Angle accused him of making "a blatantly false claim that I tried to repeal a law that makes insurance companies cover mammograms."[85]

Social Security

Angle has said that the Social Security system should be "transitioned out".[86] In May 2010, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Angle had claimed in a radio interview on KNPR that "[her] grandfather wouldn't even take his Social Security check because he said he was not up for welfare." The following month the Reid campaign reacted with a television ad stating that "Sharron Angle would end Medicare and Social Security. This is crazy." Angle has spoken favorably of the program in Chile, where current beneficiaries of the public retirement system were allowed to continue but all others were compelled to pay into a private system instead.[47][87]

Financial reform

Angle favors a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve, eliminating the complete Internal Revenue Service code and abolishing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.[88]

Drugs

Angle has stated that she opposes legalizing marijuana and has stated that she feels the same about alcohol.[89] When her spokesman, Jerry Stacy, was asked to clarify Angle's statement he responded that she doesn't want to bring back Prohibition, saying "Sharron doesn't want to make alcohol illegal," and noting that she has never introduced legislation along those lines, and even voted against taxes on alcohol. "Alcohol is a legal substance, and adults can choose to imbibe," Stacy said.[90]

Global warming

Angle does not believe in man-made global warming.[71] "I'm a clean-air proponent," she stated. "I don't, however, buy into the whole man-caused global warming, man-caused climate change mantra of the left. I believe that there's not sound science to back that up."[71]

Energy policy

Main article: Energy policy of the United States

As a long-term policy, Angle believes America must expand its own domestic energy supplies. She would legislate to repeal regulations that prohibit offshore drilling, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and development of American-owned petroleum resources. In the Nevada State Legislature, she led efforts to reduce Nevada's high gas tax, which was the second highest in the nation. She would also have supported the three coal-fired plants in Ely.[68]

After President Obama secured agreement by BP to commit $20 billion to compensate victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Angle denounced the arrangement, calling it a "slush fund".[91] When she was criticized for her comment, however, she retracted the term "slush fund" and said that BP should pay for the consequences of the spill.[92]

Second Amendment

Sharron Angle has used the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, in her rhetoric on several occasions. Angle has said, "What is a little bit disconcerting and concerning is the inability for sporting goods stores to keep ammunition in stock ... That tells me the nation is arming. What are they arming for if it isn't that they are so distrustful of their government? They're afraid they'll have to fight for their liberty in more Second Amendment kinds of ways?" and "That's why I look at this as almost an imperative. If we don't win at the ballot box, what will be the next step?"[93] On Bill Manders' radio show, she stated that the Second Amendment is "to defend ourselves. And you know, I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems."[94] On Lars Larson's radio show, she stated "You know, our Founding Fathers, they put that Second Amendment in there for a good reason and that was for the people to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. In fact Thomas Jefferson said it's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years. I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying, 'My goodness, what can we do to turn this country around?' I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out."[95]

Asked to comment on the latter, her spokesman Jerry Stacy said via email: "Sharron Angle does not advocate a revolution. Her goal is to go to Washington with other like-minded elected officials who understand the proper role of the federal government as already defined by our Constitution."[96]

Congressman Jim Clyburn said in January 2011 that "Sharron Angle's endorsement of 'Second Amendment remedies' in her losing Nevada campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid contributed to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords."[97] Columnist E.J. Dionne did not blame Angle, but he did point out the connection between her call for "Second Amendment remedies" and the 2011 Tucson shooting.[98] CBS News, in a "nationwide telephone poll" of 673 adults, with a margin of error of 4%, found that "57 percent of respondents said the harsh political tone had nothing to do with the shooting, compared to 32 percent who felt it did."[99]

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