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Tonight, rigged for Trump, it's the loaded word, obviously, but it is the accusation against the Republican Party in Nevada, which is running a caucus next week, with Trump as the only major candidate actually you're allowed to vote for. Well, that's odd, right? Nikki Haley is in the race. And to add to the confusion, the state then is running a separate primary election where Nikki Haley is running, but it actually doesn't matter because the only thing that matters is the caucus, because the candidate that wins the caucus, where Trump's the only one in the ballot, gets the 26 delegates. The primary winner gets nothing. So Keung-La is out front with why a lot of Nevadaans are crying foul and saying the Nevada GOP is in Trump's back pocket.

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It's going to be very confusing for people. I don't understand why we're doing it that way. In Nevada's primary, Republican voters are finding there's something missing, Donald Trump. This is very much like the ballot you just turned in, right? Exactly. And what do you notice about this his ballot. The person I wanted to vote for wasn't on this ballot. So do a lot of people understand what's happening this time in Nevada? I don't think so. I didn't. Donald J.

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Trump.

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At his Nevada rally, former President Donald Trump said, no need for concern, just go to the caucuses. Do the caucus, not the primary. The primary is meaningless. Nevada passed a law in 2021 that switched from caucuses to a primary system that Trump didn't want to run in. So now Trump is participating in the party run Nevada caucuses on February eighth. Nikki Haley is running in the state run primary two days earlier. Outside of this Trump rally, his voters were still trying to make sense of the dual system. In Nevada, I think it's going to confuse a lot of people. Only the results of the caucuses award delegates towards nominating the Republican presidential candidate. The state party sets that rule. It's why Trump's campaign is pushing the caucuses.Go Trump.If you're lost, you wouldn't be You're the only one. We're trying to talk to people about the caucus versus the primary. Yeah, there's a lot of confusion. It is confusing because I got the information, but it does not tell you when to vote. You're looking up the difference between the two? Yeah, caucus, primary, different stuff like that. I still don't know why he's not on there.

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It's hypocrisy that you couldn't cut with a chainsaw. Former Clark County Republican Chairman Chuck Mouth voted in the primary, but knows it doesn't matter. I believe that they set up the caucus because they wanted to assure that Donald Trump was not embarrassed in Nevada and secured Nevada's vote. This definitely smells of rigging the caucus on behalf of Donald Trump. He's talking about the leadership of his state Republican Party. Some of those leaders just happen to also be criminally indicted by the state for attempting to falsely certify that Trump won Nevada in 2020. He did not win. All six fake electors have pleaded not guilty to felony charges. Michael McDonald, Nevada Republican Party chairman and close Trump ally. And we will deliver you 100% of delegates for the state of Nevada to Donald J. Trump. And Jesse Law. That our flag was still there. Clark County Republican chairman, who sang at Trump's last Nevada rally. Last November, we caught up with a caucus roadshow held by Republican Party leaders Jim Degraff and Reid and Jim Hindle. As a party, make sure that we're choosing the most competitive to be the most representative candidate to be our nominee.

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It's completely misguided. Amy Tarkanian, former state GOP chair and lifelong Republican, doesn't buy any of this. What does it mean, though, if you have these indicted fake electors who are also behind pushing this caucus.

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How do you trust it?

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To me, it comes across as a complete pro-Trump scam. That's it, plain and simple. It's sad, and it's disappointing. I It's disappointing. I think, really, they've disenfranchized the Republican voter. Since Nevada's Republican primary doesn't award any delegates, the best Nikki Haley can hope for is bragging rights. Donald Trump, he's the only major name left in the caucuses, which will award 26 delegates. Erin?

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All right, Kyun. Thank you very much. I do want to add that we reached out to the Nevada Republican leadership for comment, and they did not respond to our request.