Harris Adopts Trump’s ‘No Tax On Tips’ Policy During Las Vegas Rally

Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz introduced their presidential campaign in Southern Nevada last Saturday at the UNLV Thomas & Mack center to an estimated crowd of over 10,000 people. The campaign stop was the first for the Harris-Walz ticket, but was Harris’ seventh trip to the Silver State this year as Nevada’s six electoral votes could determine the outcome of the presidential election.

During her address, Harris adopted former President Trump’s “No Tax On Tips” policy that he had introduced at a Las Vegas campaign rally in June. Following his announcement, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) sponsored the legislation. At the time of his proposal, the Democrat-aligned Culinary Union referred to his pledge as a “Campaign Hail Mary’ and Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen charged that Trump’s promise was nothing more than a “distraction.”

However, last month the Culinary Union and Rosen flipped and backed the proposal, with Rosen and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto co-sponsoring the legislation.

Now that Harris has adopted Trump’s policy for the first time during her campaign and as Vice President, she also pledged to raise the minimum wage. Despite the passage of Biden-Harris’ Inflation Reduction Act, Nevadans are paying an extra ~$32,000 a year for basic household expenses due to inflation,

“Why are you voting for Kamala Harris?”

Harris Rally Attendee: “I don’t want to lose my rights. Like I am a trans man and I’m gay and I have been pregnant and had an abortion before and I don’t want to lose that.” pic.twitter.com/G2Cpk0IBrU

— TENET Media (@watchTENETnow) August 10, 2024

Two attendees on Saturday, one who identified as a trans gay man, feared that a Trump presidency would deny them the right to express themselves and prevent them from having future abortions.

Since Biden withdrew from his reelection campaign and was replaced by Harris, the battle for the battleground state has tightened. Latest Nevada polling shows that the race for the White House is within the margin of error.