Dina Titus and Steven Horsford Exposed as Hypocrites on ‘No Tax on Tips’ as Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Takes Center Stage in Las Vegas

Last week, Las Vegas once again found itself at the center of national economic policy as the House Ways and Means Committee brought its field hearing to the Silver State to spotlight President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, a transformational piece of legislation that delivers sweeping tax relief for working families, small businesses, and especially Nevada’s service workers.

The highlight? The wildly popular “No Tax on Tips” provision which has become a rallying cry for waiters, bartenders, hotel staff, and hospitality workers across the country and nowhere more so than in Las Vegas.

But while Republicans showcased real solutions and support for working Nevadans, Democrats were left scrambling, caught between their own rhetoric and the political reality that they all voted against this very policy.

In a moment of rare honesty, former Culinary Workers Union President Ted Pappageorge, now serving as secretary-treasurer, undercut his own party while praising the No Tax on Tips provision during a Democrat-led rally against the bill.

“It was actually a rare bipartisan effort… It produced a tax credit for tip earners and much needed relief for workers,” Pappageorge said. Except – it wasn’t bipartisan. Not even close.

Every single Democrat, including Dina Titus, Susie Lee, and Steven Horsford, voted against the bill. While Republican lawmakers were fighting to put money back into the pockets of Nevada’s workers, Nevada’s Democratic delegation voted to keep taxing their tips.

“Even Democrat union bosses are admitting the truth: No Tax on Tips delivers real relief for Nevada’s workers,” said NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez. “But radical Democrats Dina Titus, Susie Lee, and Steven Horsford still voted against it. They’d rather see Nevadans struggle and put petty politics over commonsense solutions, and now even their own allies are exposing just how out of touch they really are.”

Outside the field hearing, Republicans were met by local workers who showed up not to protest but to say thank you. “I’m here to support the bill because no tax on tips puts more money into my pocket,” one Nevada service worker told The Nevada Globe. “Since COVID, people don’t tip like they used to, so I’m not making the money I was but the One Big Beautiful Bill helps me with that.”

Inside the hearing at Yesco Sign Company, Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) reminded attendees that Las Vegas was the “birthplace” of the No Tax on Tips idea, born from a conversation between President Trump and a local waitress during a 2024 campaign stop.

“No tax on tips will translate to over $230 million back into the pockets of tipped workers in just the Las Vegas metro area,” Smith said. “That’s money that will be spent at local small businesses, restaurants and stores – helping tipped workers while simultaneously growing the Vegas economy.”

In a desperate attempt to save face, Steven Horsford and Dina Titus have introduced their own No Tax on Tips bills mere copycats of the same policy they voted against when it mattered most.

Even Titus admitted to Punchbowl News that selling the message is tough: “Yeah, we want no tax on tips, but we don’t want it capped. Or yeah, we want no tax on tips, but we don’t want it sunsetting… That’s always harder. They say in politics, if you’re explaining, you’re backing up.”

Translation: We’re trying to have it both ways and voters aren’t buying it.

Nevadans know who stood up for them and who stood in the way. The One Big Beautiful Bill is delivering for Nevada’s workers. And while Democrats scramble to rewrite history, the truth is already clear: Republicans are cutting taxes, raising wages, and rebuilding an economy that works for everyone.

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