Vice President Kamala Harris is set to hold a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday as she and Republican Donald Trump continue frequent trips to Nevada, looking to gain momentum in the swing state as Election Day nears.
The rally is part of Harris’ latest West Coast swing, which includes his first trip to the US-Mexico border since taking on President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket. On Friday, the vice president walked along a rust-colored border wall lined with barbed wire in Douglas, Arizona, and met with federal authorities.
He attended a San Francisco fundraiser on Friday and has plans for a Sunday event in Los Angeles before heading to Nevada, with a return to Washington set for Monday night.
“This race is very close,” he said Saturday to a crowd of donors. “It’s a margin-of-error race.”
Harris said despite his enthusiasm, he went in like an underdog. And he urged people to “join our teams in battleground states” to help voters get to the polls — even if Californians are calling from home.
On Sunday, former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake became the latest Republican to endorse Harris and Walz. He credited him with “good character and love of country” and said he wanted a president who would not treat political opponents as enemies or try to undermine the will of voters.
Flake, a longtime critic of the former president, joined a list of anti-Trump Republicans who said they would vote for the Democratic ticket, not just refuse to vote for Trump. Among them is Dick Cheney, the deeply conservative former vice president, and his daughter, Liz.
On Sunday, Maryland Senate candidate Larry Hogan, a former Republican governor and outspoken Trump critic, said Harris has yet to get the vote, even though Trump won’t.
In Nevada, all voters automatically receive a ballot unless they opt out — a pandemic-era change set in state law. That means most ballots can go out within a few weeks, before Election Day on November 5.
Harris plans to return to Las Vegas on October 10 for a town hall with Hispanic voters. Both he and his rival from the Republican Donald Trump have often campaigned in the city, highlighting the critical role that Nevada, and only six votes in the Electoral College, can play in the provision of the Election expected to be very close.
Trump held his own Las Vegas rally on September 13 at the Expo World Market Center, where Harris spoke. His campaign often scheduled events in the same places as his opponents before speaking, including in Milwaukee, Atlanta and suburban Phoenix. During the Las Vegas event, the former president chose someone who crossed into the U.S. illegally, saying Harris “will be president of the invasion.”
During a campaign stop in the city in June, Trump promised to eliminate taxes on tips received by waiters, hotel workers and thousands of other service industry employees. Harris used his own Las Vegas rally in August to make the same promise.
By eliminating the federal tax on tips, it would likely require an act of Congress. Still, the Nevada Culinary Union, which represents 60,000 hospitality workers in Las Vegas and Reno, has endorsed Harris.
Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer of the culinary union, said the difference between the no-tax-on-tips proposal and the rival was that Harris also promised to address what the union called “sub-minimum wages,” where employers pay workers in small service industries . salary and meet the minimum wage threshold by expecting employees to increase those who have tips.
“It shows they are serious,” Pappageorge said.
Harris has no public schedule, when his mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, dead box Ohio Republican Senator JD Vance for the first debate and only vice presidential campaign. But Harris and Walz will campaign together Wednesday, making a bus tour with multiple stops through central Pennsylvania.
The campaign said that during that swing, both will emphasize plans to energize US Manufacturing, including the use of tax credits to encourage steel production and the Federal inspection system allows to increase American construction.
Published – September 30, 2024 02:33 IST
