- 2/11/2025 10:06:35 PM
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At one of the largest political rallies in modern Nevada political history, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz continued their barnstorming tour as the new Democratic presidential ticket on Saturday — one of the clearest signs yet of Democrats’ renewed hopes in the swing state.
Campaign officials said more than 12,000 people attended the event at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas — by far the biggest crowd for any campaign event in Nevada this election cycle. Local law enforcement prevented an additional 4,000 from entering the arena due to heat-related concerns.
The rally marks the final stop on a weeklong tour of battleground states launched after Walz — the 60-year-old Minnesota governor and military veteran — was picked as Harris’ running mate last week.
Nevada’s appearance on that campaign list was no mistake — Democrats are newly energized in their efforts to keep the Silver State blue after Harris replaced President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket and seeing a corresponding surge in donations and poll numbers (including in Nevada).
And it was in Nevada, amid the regular rhetoric of her campaign stump speech, that Harris made a new promise: to eliminate federal taxes on tips received by restaurant workers and others in the service industry. It marked a rare moment of political agreement — the idea was first raised by former President Donald Trump at his Nevada campaign rally in June and later embraced by elected officials in the state, including Democrats.
In a post to his Truth Social account Saturday, Trump accused Harris of copying his proposal, and that “she won’t do it, she just wants it for Political Purposes!”
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