Attorney General Adam Laxalt loves his job. That was apparent when he spoke to the Republican Mens Club dinner on Monday night.
“If you told me when I was in Georgetown law that somehow, many years later, that I would have a job where I am defending the constitution, defending the rule of law, I just could not ask for more,” he told the crowd.
The crowd loved him, gave him a standing O.
Some see the grandson of former U.S. Sen and Gov. Paul Laxalt as a major up-and-comer in Nevada politics.
“He’s going to eclipse Brian Sandoval someday,” said Todd “Taxpayer” Bailey, a conservative activist.
Laxalt really seemed to enjoy telling the crowd about his job.
He opened up by telling the crowd that his office has secured funding ($5.6 million grant) to test the backlog of 7,500 rape kits in the state. Rape kits contain evidence and biological specimens from people who say they were sexually assaulted. It seems like a crime in itself that the Nevada backlog is so massive.
“These kits have been sitting on the shelf for 35 years,” Laxalt said. “People asked me how that happened. I don’t know. We’ve been here since January and it is a priority for us to fix it.”
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