Trump makes his final speech to Nevada residents, cheering on GOP early voting results

Former President Donald Trump likely made his final stop in Nevada before Election Day on Thursday afternoon, flaunting a strong Republican turnout in early voting, mocking Vice President Kamala Harris as “low IQ” and bemoaning the state of the economy and a surge in illegal immigration .

“You wouldn’t put Kamala in charge of, literally, a kindergarten classroom,” Trump said near the end of his nearly 95-minute speech at the nearly packed 5,600-seat Lee Family Forum in Henderson. The talk was interspersed with video clips and longer versions of his campaign ads.

“At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself, can you afford to put someone extremely incompetent in charge of the future of our country? I don’t think so,” Trump said.

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, Congressman Matt Goetz (R-FL), Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony and Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown served to warm up the audience and address Trump, who recognized their presence from the stage. .

Trump has acknowledged Brown several times. He sat in the audience next to Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY).

Lombardo’s appearance is particularly significant because it was his first time on stage at a Trump rally this year, although he endorsed the candidate back in January. Formerly Lombardo expressed concern to The Nevada Independent CEO and editor John Ralston on Trump’s legal troubles and distanced himself from the state’s six Republicans who falsely testified that Trump won in 2020.

In his speech, Lombardo reminded voters of the local stakes in the election and that Democrats lack a supermajority in the state Senate that, if secured, could give them the ability to override his veto.

“If we’re going to get President Trump back in office, it’s going to have a direct impact on our position in the Senate, our position in Congress, and more importantly, our legislature,” Lombardo said, suggesting his constituents in the legislature could sit down Trump’s position. .

Trump acknowledged Lombardo’s presence at the start of the speech, but did not bring him on stage.

Gaetz argued that Trump would combat political corruption by imposing term limits on members of Congress and banning the trading of individual stocks. However, the Republican from Florida has come under ethics scrutiny himself — he was under investigation by the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives on charges of sexual harassment of a minor and the use of illegal drugs.

Trump raised several times during the conversation comment earlier this week from President Joe Biden, prompting an immediate backlash from many who felt they were calling Trump supporters “trash.”

“I think I’ve heard that more than any other word,” Trump said. “What a stupid man to say that, right? How stupid is Kamala to say that?”

Trump also seemed angered by comments from retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, his longest-serving chief of staff, who said in an interview with CNN book by reporter Jim Schutto, The return of the great powersthat Trump highly appreciated aspects of Hitler’s leadership.

“He said, ‘Well, but Hitler did some good things,'” Kelly recalled. “I said, ‘Well, what?’ And he said, “Well, (Hitler) restored the economy.” But what did he do with that rebuilt economy? He turned it against his own people and against the world.”

Kelly warned Trump: “I said, ‘Sir, you can never say anything good about a guy. Nothing”.

Trump fired back, referencing his late father.

“My father was a great guy. He was a tough guy, but a good guy with a big heart,” Trump said. “He once told me… never call me a Nazi. You are not using this name. do you understand me And never use the name Hitler. I will be now accused of being Hitler by these lunatics who have lost control of our country.”

Here are these The Nevada Independent main conclusions:

Fascination with early voting

Trump again praised the unprecedentedness of the Republicans early voting turnout in Nevada. As of Thursday afternoon The GOP has a significant A lead of 42,000 ballots, just under 5 percent.

“We’re setting records in early voting, but we can’t give up,” Trump said during a vote in Nevada, reminding attendees that the last day of early voting is Friday.

He also favored changes to the election system, such as voter ID laws, and argued that CBS News and other major media companies such as NBC engaged in election interference, claiming they should lose their licenses and be “locked up”.

“We will see that everything will change,” he said.

Trump also urged those who have yet to vote to do so on Tuesday.

“With your help, we will win Nevada. We are going to beat Kamala,” he said.

Immigration

At the beginning of the rally, Trump showed a clip with the mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungarey, who was found dead in the Houston area in June. Two undocumented Venezuelan immigrants are suspected of the crime.

“For thousands of people in our country, this has become permanent,” Trump said.

Although there are no national statistics, research shows that undocumented people do not commit crimes in greater numbers than American citizens, and have been In 2020, 21,000 murders were recorded.

Trump reaffirmed his plans to launch a mass deportation campaign if elected and vowed to introduce the death penalty for immigrants who kill US citizens or law enforcement officers. Later in the rally, he brought Gary Cates, the father, on stage Arizona resident Nicholas Cates who died while driving in Mexico.

Gary Cates added that Mexicans who kill American citizens should be extradited to the United States to be prosecuted.

Near the end of the speech, Trump again mentioned illegal immigration, promising to secure the border.

“We will stop illegal immigration once and for all,” Trump said. “We will not be invaded, we will not be occupied, we will not be captured, we will not be conquered.”

According to Pew Research Centerthe number of unauthorized immigrants living in the US in 2022 was still below the peak of 12.2 million in 2007.

Tax reduction

Trump has changed his plan to eliminate taxes on overtime, Social Security and tips, the latter of which he said was inspired by a waitress he met at his non-gaming Trump International hotel near the Strip, which he co-owns with billionaire Phil Ruffin, the owner of Circus Circus and Treasure Island.

He reiterated his plan, saying he would “significantly cut taxes on workers and small businesses, and we will have no tip tax, no overtime tax, and no Social Security tax.”

Trump told the audience that Harris would “start a war on tips” by raising the tax on tips by 60 percent.

Harris has his own plan to cut the tip tax — he would still exempt tips from federal income tax, but tip profits would still be subject to payroll taxes because the money goes to Social Security and Medicare. Harris’ plan would also limit the amount of income workers could receive from tips.

The Washington Post reported that Harris advisers had only discussed exempting tip taxes for service and hospitality workers making $75,000 a year or less.