Harris says she supports eliminating taxes on tips, like Trump

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris told supporters successful Nevada connected Saturday she supported eliminating taxes connected tips, taking a akin presumption to her rival Donald Trump successful an effort to triumph implicit work workers, an important constituency successful the state.

"It is my committedness to everyone present erstwhile I americium president we volition proceed to combat for moving families, including to rise the minimum wage and destruct taxes connected tips for work and hospitality workers," Harris said.

Harris said she would enactment to thrust down user prices, vowing to "take connected large corporations that prosecute successful amerciable price-gouging" - firm landlords that unfairly rise rents connected moving families - and large pharmaceutical companies to little cause prices.

While Harris was inactive speaking successful Las Vegas, Trump responded connected his societal media tract Truth Social.

“Kamala Harris, whose “Honeymoon” play is ENDING, and is starting to get hammered successful the Polls, conscionable copied my NO TAXES ON TIPS Policy. The quality is, she won’t bash it, she conscionable wants it for Political Purposes! This was a TRUMP thought - She has nary ideas, she tin lone bargain from me,” Trump wrote.

Trump told a rally successful Las Vegas successful June that helium would question to extremity taxation of income from tips.

Harris and her Democratic moving mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, wrapped up a multi-day circuit of battleground states connected Saturday with their halt successful Nevada, a occidental authorities that could play a pivotal relation successful the Nov. 5 statesmanlike election.

The brace had already campaigned successful Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arizona, each states that traditionally plaything betwixt supporting Republicans and Democrats successful statesmanlike elections.

She volition question to San Francisco successful her location authorities of California connected Sunday, wherever she is owed to be a fundraiser with erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Nearly 700 radical are expected astatine the event, which is expected to rise much than $12 million, a run authoritative said.