Heller opponent attacks him on ties to Ivanka Trump

Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-Nev.) Republican primary opponent Danny Tarkanian launched an attack against the incumbent senator that focuses on his ties to first daughter Ivanka Trump.

Tarkanian, 56, unveiled the attack Wednesday during an interview with local KBET radio host Kevin Wall, focusing on the first daughter’s politics in an effort to characterize Heller as liberal.

“Dean Heller’s saying that he talks to Trump on the phone all the time,” Tarkanian said. “Well, Ivanka Trump was a Democrat, and she’s very, very moderate to liberal, compared to the Republican base.”

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Tarkanian later said in a statement to CNN that he “did not say nor mean to infer a relationship with Ivanka is a bad thing. It is a good thing. She is the daughter of the president.”