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Harris will run for office once more in Nevada, a swing state.

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As Election Day draws closer, Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to hold a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday night. This comes as she and Republican Donald Trump continue to make frequent travels to Nevada, with the goal of gaining momentum in the state, which is considered to be a swing state.

The rally is a part of Harris’ most recent West Coast swing, which also featured her first trip to the border between the United States and Mexico since she took over as the Democratic presidential nominee from Joe Biden with the Democratic presidential ticket. On Friday, the Vice President visited with federal authorities in Douglas, Arizona, where he walked alongside a tall border wall that was rust-colored and equipped with barbed wire.

A fundraising event was held in San Francisco on Saturday, and she was scheduled to attend an event in Los Angeles on Sunday. After that, she was going to travel to Nevada, and her return to Washington was scheduled for Monday night.

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A rowdy audience of donors was there when she made the statement on Saturday. “This race is as close as it could possibly be,” she remarked. It is a race with a very small margin of error.

In spite of the fact that there is enthusiasm, Harris stated that she is running as an underdog. In addition, she extended an invitation to individuals to “join our team in battleground states” in order to assist in bringing voters to the polls, even if it was Californians who were calling in from their homes.

Former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, who is now a prominent Republican, became the latest notable Republican to endorse Harris and Walz on Sunday. He remarked that he wants a president who does not treat political opponents as enemies and does not attempt to manipulate the will of voters. He commended them with having a “fine character and love of country.”

Flake, who has been a longtime opponent of the previous president, has joined the growing number of anti-Trump Republicans who have been announcing that they will vote for the Democratic ticket rather than simply abstaining from voting for Trump. Dick Cheney, a former vice president who is known for his extreme conservatism, and his daughter, Liz, are among those who are included.

Larry Hogan, a former Republican governor and a harsh critic of Donald Trump, stated on Sunday that Harris has not yet earned his vote, despite the fact that Mr. Trump would not receive it. Hogan is running for the Senate in Maryland.

This measure, which was enacted in state law during the epidemic era, ensures that all voters in Nevada receive their ballots by mail, unless they choose to opt out of receiving them. This indicates that the majority of votes might begin to be distributed in a couple of weeks, well in advance of Election Day on November 5.

Harris intends to return to Las Vegas on October 10 in order to participate in a town hall meeting with Hispanic voters. Both Clinton and her Republican opponent Donald Trump have campaigned in the city on multiple occasions, underscoring the significant role that Nevada, with its meager six votes in the Electoral College, might play in determining the outcome of an election that is anticipated to be extremely close.

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On September 13, Trump hosted his own rally in Las Vegas at the Expo World Market Center, which is also the location where Harris will be speaking on Sunday. Many of her campaign’s events have been set to take place in the same locations where her opponent has already delivered speeches. These locations include Milwaukee, Atlanta, and the suburbs of Phoenix. During his rally in Las Vegas, the former president singled out individuals who were entering the United States illegally, stating that Harris “would be the president of invasion.”

During a campaign stop in the city in June, Trump made a vow to eliminate taxes on tips paid by waiters, hotel staff, and thousands of other employees working in the service industry. The identical pledge was made by Harris during her own rally in Las Vegas, which took place in August.

A piece of legislation from Congress would most likely be required in order to completely eliminate federal taxes on tips. However, the Culinary Union of Nevada, which represents sixty thousand people working in the hotel industry in Las Vegas and Reno, has given its support to Harris.

According to Ted Pappageorge, the secretary-treasurer of the culinary union, the difference between the two competing proposals to eliminate taxes on tips is that Harris has also committed to addressing what his union refers to as “sub-minimum wage.” This refers to the situation in which employers pay workers in the service industry small salaries and at the same time meet minimum wage thresholds by expecting employees to supplement those salaries with tips.

During the first and only vice presidential debate of the campaign, which will take place on Tuesday, in which Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, will compete against Republican Ohio Senator JD Vance, Harris does not have any public engagements scheduled. On Wednesday, however, Harris and Walz will campaign together by traveling through central Pennsylvania on a bus trip that will make a number of stops along the way.

As stated by the campaign, during that trip, both candidates will place an emphasis on measures to revitalize manufacturing in the United States. These proposals include the utilization of tax credits to stimulate steel production and the overhaul of government permitting processes to increase development in the United States.

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