Trump faithful battle Las Vegas heat to attend presidential campaign rally

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Steve Grammas, a Metro Police officer and president of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, announced the association's endorsement for Trump during the event.
60% : Also among the speakers at the event were Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene of Georgia and Michael McDonald, the Nevada GOP Chairman who said he and others were in Nevada to "worship" Trump.
54% : Trump elected to have supporters spend hours in triple-digit Las Vegas heat, where showing their loyalty to his reelection campaign meant plenty of water, seeking shade, and jockeying for a spot under misting devices.
52% : "When he indicted me over nothing, they opened up a whole new box, and then I got indicted again and again and again," Trump said.
47% : Trump appealed to hotel workers and servers, a large voting base in Las Vegas, announcing for the first time that he wouldn't charge taxes on tips if elected.
45% : Gunter is considered to be Brown's major competition, but the lack of an endorsement from Trump has pit the two against each other much as their mutual Democratic opponent.
40% : Noticeably absent from the event: Republican U.S. Senate primary candidates Sam Brown and Jeff Gunter, who are running a tightly contested race that will pit one of them against Democratic incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.Both have sought the former president's endorsement, with Brown going as far as to visit Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in April in a bid for his support.
39% : By Ayden Runnels (contact)Sunday, June 9, 2024 | 2:27 p.m.Supporters of former President Donald Trump started lining up at Sunset Park in Las Vegas at 9 a.m. today, three hours before Trump would take the stage in a rally touting his presidential campaign.
36% : The only comment Trump made was implied, saying Nevada "has a good man named Brown" in the state, but did not explicitly refer to Brown or the Senate race.
33% : "It's been a point of contention for years and years and years," Trump said.
32% : "My parents, for example, they saw political persecution in countries like Mexico, Central America, South America, and when they come here and they see, they relate to that, what they're doing to President Donald Trump," Marquez said.
30% : Trump reiterated his support for those arrested during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S Capitol, calling them "hostages" and applauded their behavior, implying Capitol Police set up the rioters by opening doors into the building.
25% : "There has never been people treated more horrifically than J6 hostages," Trump said.
22% : Jesus Marquez, conservative consultant and former commissioner of Trump's White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, said Trump's convictions resonated favorably among Latino voters, who have seen "political persecution" in Central and South American countries.
20% : Trump dismissed the conviction during his speech as a political tool against him.
13% : The felony convictions Trump received were from a state case in New York, not a federal court, but Trump nonetheless said the Department of Justice had been "weaponized" against him.
12% : "Trump continuously called Biden incompetent and evil, language he said he wouldn't have used if he had not been indicted.
8% : "In three and a half years, the people of Nevada have had a front row seat to Joe Biden's evil and criminal obliteration of our Southern border," Trump said.
6% : Trump spoke for about one hour, mostly making claims about President Joe Biden's tenure in office, such as criticizing his handling of the southern border and saying Nevada is becoming a "dumping ground" because of Biden's immigration policies.
5% : McDonald's loyalty to Trump includes participating in a fake elector scheme with hopes of overturning Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.

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