Former President Donald Trump continued pushing his economic proposals during his Las Vegas rally Friday night, selling himself to voters with the economy top of mind.
Trump reiterated one of his top new economic proposals: a ‘no tax on overtime pay’ pledge that seeks to appeal to working-class voters. He also mentioned that he wouldn’t tax Social Security benefits.
The latter two proposals could allow him to distance himself from Vice President Kamala Harris, who adopted his “no tax on tips” pledge while she was in Nevada.
One other significant policy point Trump hit on was specific to Nevada: a pledge to free up federal land for affordable housing. The government owns about 85.9% of the land in the state.
“We’re going to open up that land to you; you’ll be able to build studio lots and everything else,” Trump said.
Trump also focused on his standard points on immigration, even saying he was “angry about illegal Haitian migrants taking over Springfield.” The former president said he would deport immigrants in Ohio and Colorado earlier in the day.
“We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country,” he told reporters during a news conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. “And we’re going to start with Springfield and Aurora.”
The Republican got his shots in on Harris, calling her “Kambabla,” a different nickname from one he used for her before, which was “Kamabla,” both appearing to be purposeful mispronunciations from her name. Trump thinks the United States will become like Venezuela, a country practicing socialist principles, if Harris wins.
“If we’re not able to turn this country around, it’s going to be Venezuela,” he said. “So get everyone you know to vote. We want a landslide.”
Trump ended his remarks with another anecdote on economic policy. He talked about a woman who couldn’t afford three apples, so she had to put one back.
“That should never happen in our country, and so we’re not going to let it happen in our country while other people get rich,” Trump said.
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Trump used some of his time to campaign for Republican Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown, who is trailing incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in the polls. A Morning Consult poll ending Sept. 8 gave Rosen a 10-point lead, 50% to 40%.
The former president himself is also trailing Harris in Nevada, but by a thin margin. According to RealClearPolitics’s polling average, Harris has a 0.6 point lead, 48% to 47.4%.