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What’s more embarrassing than running for Congress in a district you just moved to a few months ago? The retiring Member of Congress who’s represented the area for over a decade refusing to support you, even though you’re his party’s nominee.
New reporting by the Nevada Independent highlights how Mark Amodei, the Republican incumbent in NV-02, can’t bring himself to endorse David Flippo.
In Amodei’s own words, Flippo is “arrogant and incredibly, incredibly disrespectful.” On top of being a two-time electoral loser from Las Vegas, Flippo refuses to do any press interviews – a cowardly move that Amodei says shows Flippo is unfit to serve Northern Nevada.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly: “This is one thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on: David Flippo should not serve in Congress. The call is coming from inside the house: Flippo is a shady, self-serving, district-shopping carpetbagger who couldn’t care less about Northern Nevadans.”
Retiring Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) has no plans to endorse the Republican nominee in the race to replace him — and in fact, the rift between the two has continued to fester.
In an interview with Sam Shad on Nevada Newsmakers published on Wednesday, Amodei called Flippo “not my cup of tea” and said there was “no way” he was endorsing him.
“Two cycles ago, I got a guy who couldn’t get out of a Republican Assembly primary in Clark County,” Amodei said, referring to Flippo. “Last cycle, couldn’t get out of a Republican CD4 primary in Clark County, and then shows up and goes, ‘I’m the answer for CD2 because it has historically been a Republican seat, and I love Donald Trump.’ So it’s like, ‘OK, tell me about your deep love for the people you want to serve.'”
He was especially incensed upon hearing from Shad that the Flippo campaign would not make the candidate available for an interview before the midterms, but that his staff would happily go in his place. Amodei said he wanted to judge Flippo based off his own words, not “the manufactured communications by his Las Vegas consultants.”
“Are you telling me that you’re going to be telling this guy what to do?” the congressman asked. “That his name may be on the door, but you’re the one who’s calling the shots? That’s not a message I’m going to support, just as a voter. … Those things I’ve just described to you strike me as fairly arrogant and incredibly, incredibly disrespectful to the people whose votes you want.”
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