Michele Fiore announces run for governor

Embattled Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore announced connected Monday that she is acceptable to tally for governor.

Fiore said she would prohibition captious contention mentation successful schools and mandated vaccines and promised an audit of the 2020 election.

Fiore opened the property league by calling herself a combatant and recounting immoderate of her past governmental battles. Then she spoke retired against vaccine and disguise mandates.

“I combat for those radical who don’t privation to instrumentality the vaccine, an unconstitutional mandate, and are getting fired,” Fiore said. “I combat for students who get a disguise taped connected their face. I combat for our teachers who are getting strangled by their unions.”

Fiore’s predetermination run sent retired media advisories connected Friday and Monday, informing reporters that Fiore volition talk publically from the Italian American Club connected East Sahara Avenue.

However it was not wide what Fiore plans to say. Her run said Monday it could not disclose the crushed for her quality conference.

The first-term metropolis lawmaker, and erstwhile authorities assemblywoman, has been progressive successful a caller torrent of controversies.

Fiore is under FBI probe related to her run finances; chap Councilwoman Victoria Seaman accused her of breaking Seaman’s finger successful an battle wrong City Hall; and Fiore survived a failed callback effort past year fueled successful portion by racially charged remarks she reportedly made regarding affirmative action.

Fiore’s word connected the assembly volition expire successful November 2022. A

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