Transcript Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 3, 2024

The pursuing is simply a transcript of an question and reply pinch Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Democrat of Nevada, connected "Face nan Nation pinch Margaret Brennan" that aired connected Nov. 3, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We're joined by Nevada Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, who joins america from Las Vegas. Good greeting to you, Senator.

SENATOR CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO:  Good morning.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We're going to beryllium search your authorities very intimately and each six of its electoral votes. In this early vote, we've seen half of Nevada's progressive registered voters person formed ballots, and there's immoderate worry among Democrats because Republicans presently person a lead statewide. Are you assured nan remaining ballots will adjacent that spread and present nan authorities to Harris?

SEN. CORTEZ MASTO: Well, Margaret, I tin show you a mates of things. One, I americium optimistic that we are going to win, not only for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, but for Jacky Rosen successful this state. I americium perfectly assured successful our crushed game, successful our canvassing and knocking connected doors and talking to our voters, because that's virtually what matters present is making judge that our voters, who are paying attraction now successful a plaything authorities for illustration Nevada, that personification is talking to them, because there's truthful overmuch accusation retired there, and now is nan clip for america to link pinch our voters and talk to them astir nan issues that they attraction about. So yes, I americium very, very confident. And nan only different thing, fto maine opportunity this, Margaret, is, you know, I was reelected conscionable recently, and location was a Republican advantage successful my race, successful my midterm, and I won. Not only did I win, our legislature delegation won and truthful we besides won our- our authorities seats successful our authorities house. So what we cognize successful Nevada, it is really astir that organization. It's knocking connected those doors. It's telephone banking. It's talking to our voters. We besides person a ample organization of our voters who are non-partisan. Over a 3rd are non-partisan, and those are nan independents successful different states, and they thin democratic. They leaned my way. And truthful I americium very, very assured that, arsenic we are moving our crushed game, we're going to shape our measurement to triumph here. 

MARGARET BRENNAN: You met- you mentioned your triumph successful 2022 that was conscionable by 8,000 votes. So this- this could beryllium a tight 1 arsenic well, this clip around. The Trump run talks astir making inroads pinch nan moving people population, successful peculiar connected nan rumor of nan economy, your authorities has nan 2nd highest unemployment complaint successful nan country. The mostly of voters do not person a assemblage degree. Why shouldn't nan Trump run beryllium assured that they are making inroads pinch this cardinal demographic?

SEN. CORTEZ MASTO: Well, a mates of things, Margaret, you talked astir my- my tight race. They're ever tight successful Nevada. It's a plaything state. They're ever close. It's ever wrong nan margin, and that's why it is important you get retired and talk to voters and you don't return anyone for granted. And you're right, a ample portion of our population, our work industry, those are precocious schoolhouse knowledgeable individuals. That's my family. They worked successful this industry, and these are nan individuals we want to talk to, but we besides person been engaging them connected nan issues that matter to them. And if you look astatine our beardown organized labor, which is nan culinary, which is made up astir of nan work industry, on pinch our building trades, they're knocking connected those doors successful favour of nan Democrats, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. So location is this outright concerted effort by everyone to make judge our voters understand who is- what's astatine liking here, and there's a stark difference. I mean, you know, fto maine conscionable opportunity because this is important for voters to cognize this that Kamala Harris has already talked about, she wants to correspond everyone. She wants to assistance everybody up- nary matter who voted for her, she's going to correspond them. She's going to commencement time 1 pinch a to-do database to really she useful connected nan issues that she knows that galore voters are challenged with. Donald Trump is going to locomotion successful nan Oval Office pinch an enemies list. There's a quality betwixt nan two, and erstwhile you talk to voters astir it, who are expecting that successful Nevada, successful a plaything state, that makes nan quality successful whether aliases not we are going to triumph and we are going to win.

MARGARET BRENNAN: But does your party- We played what nan existent President, Joe Biden said astir Trump supporters, and immoderate person compared that. Republicans person compared that to what Hillary Clinton said astir a handbasket of deplorables. Does your statement person a disdain problem successful talking down to moving people voters successful particular?

SEN. CORTEZ MASTO: Well, I tin show you present successful Nevada successful general. First of all, let's conscionable say, but- we cognize this, President Biden clarified his statement, and Kamala Harris has made it very clear– 

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MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, he quibbled astir an apostrophe successful nan transcript.

SEN. CORTEZ MASTO: But Kamala Harris made it very clear moving forward, that she wants to correspond everyone, right? No matter whether you voted for her aliases not, and whoever you ballot for, you shouldn't beryllium criticized for that. And she's made that very clear. What- what I perceive from voters successful Nevada, and this is wherever the- wherever it's relevant, not nan rotation rooms, not nan polls, not what you're proceeding connected nan nationalist news, but what are voters saying, and what are they attraction about, and they're listening. And I tin show you my voters successful Nevada that I talk to, which is really a ample organization of not only our bluish collar, but number Latinos, a-a-a- excuse me, Asian American Pacific Islanders, a vibrant Black community, Native Americans. They are listening to, what are nan issues? Who's bringing nan solutions right? Who has nan solutions to reside nan affordable lodging issue? That's Kamala Harris. Who has nan issues to reside really we little wellness attraction costs and support them debased for each Americans? Kamala Harris. Who has nan thought astir really we protect nan Affordable Care Act and not repeal it? That's Kamala Harris. So those conversations matter to my voters successful Nevada, and that's what's applicable astatine nan extremity of nan day, and really we're going to make this happen.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And your authorities besides will beryllium cardinal to watch. You do person abortion connected nan ballot, moreover though it's already ineligible successful your state, location is talk astir enshrining it successful nan Constitution based connected what happens Tuesday. We'll beryllium pursuing that and what happens pinch your party. Senator, we person to time off it location for time. Thank you. We'll beryllium back. A batch much Face than Nations, enactment pinch us.