Story highlights Background on Clinton's tour of Mojave Electric identified the founder as a "a supportive Republican"

The Clinton campaign has touted Republicans who are choosing to back her over Donald Trump

Las Vegas (CNN) Hillary Clinton's campaign claimed Thursday that the founder of a local electrical company she toured in Nevada was both a Republican and a Clinton supporter.

One problem: The businessman, Dennis Nelson, told CNN that he was not a Clinton supporter and that he didn't tell the campaign that he was a Republican.

"To tell you right now, as messed up as everything is, I don't think I could tell you who I am going to support until a week or two before the election," Nelson said. "There are so much lies on both sides out there that I don't know. I really honestly don't know who I will support."

Nelson added that he "never" told the campaign that he was a Republican and declined to tell CNN if he were a registered Republican.

"I am not saying," he said. "That is my business."

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