they will all be made in china. you know that. we have a thing called liquid gold, which is oil and gas. we have a lot of it. by the way, brian, stand up for a second if you would please. this guy is like -- he's like you. he gets it so much. [applause] he gets it like nobody. he has been fighting against all of this nonsense for so long. so the electric cars are going to -- and by the way, elon musk is a great friend of mine. he gave me a tremendous endorsement. he is right now campaigning in pennsylvania because he thinks we have to win it or we will not win this election because she is a marxist. and this woman has no idea what she is doing. we cannot let her be president. i don't want to be rude about it. we cannot let her be president. this country is finished if happens. beyond what happened is, i've been

thinking about it, these are plants that are bigger than anything you've seen, they will knock out the yeurks press the button, the whole things starts operating. i started talking about this about what do you think, about a year ago, less than a year ago, i won't let it happen, a year ago. yeah. and i said i'm not going to let it happen. if they do this plant in mexico, right near the border, and a couple -- and a couple of others, i'm going to put giant tariffs on them, 100%, if that doesn't work, i'll go to 200%. they won't be selling cars here. if they want to build the plant here, i hope here. but someplace in the united states. that's a whole different ballgame. we're not going to have them building them in other country, sending them into the united states and taking all those jobs. i've been announcing it, been talking about it. i saw the gentleman this builds the plants. i was here a couple of weeks ago at the detroit conference as you know. and it was really the auto conference. and so i look in the audience,

there he is the man that builds the plants. i said can i see you a minute before the speech? after the speech i saw him. i said so, how is that plant doing? he said, sir, they've decided not to build. i said why? he said because they think you're going to be elect fsmed you put tariffs, if you put tariffs on -- [cheers and applause] and that was -- that was easy. i didn't even do anything other than say -- i'm telling you. the man said it right over here. it's the most beautiful word in the dictionary. you have a lot of words that are damn nice like love. but i think it's more beautiful than love. the word tariff. so here -- here it works without doing anything. they thought it was a chance. they're not going to spend $2 billion on building a plant and then have, you know, trump get elect and put 200% and if that

wasn't enough i'd raise it -- and again, the higher it go, the more likely it is that they build in this country. but think of it. a giant plant just on the basis, now if i don't get elected they'll start it up as sure as you're sitting there. these people have no clue. she has no clue what she's doing. wants to raise everybody's taxes. she's a disaster. and other than that, i like her quite a bit. [laughter] you know. net care even about like, dislike. somebody has to come in. we did great the first time. we did better the second time as everybody knows. we got millions more votes. and frankly if i didn't, some bad things happened, let's not talk about it. because we're going to make up for it this time. too big to rig. but i'll tell you, if i didn't do well the second time, i wouldn't have done it. but i watched biden and her and now especially her, she's worse than biden, i said i've dwt to run again. they're ruining our country with

the open border. 8,000, just, the drug dealers, 8,000 drug dealers, 13,099 murderers in jail, they'll let them out of jail. some with the -- some with death penalties. they're going to say this is easier. send them to the united states. their people don't know what -- think, 13,000-plus people who murdered people and they're going to be let free in our country. and then you have their prisoning with emp tied up, venezuela emping their prisons. crime down 72% in venezuela. if they get elected we're all friends. if they get elected, we'll all meet next year in venezuela because it'll be the safest country. because they've emptied -- and let me tell you it was a very unsafe country. caracas, you couldn't walk across the street. sort of like some of our cities are getting. our cities are getting like that. just the thought of me getting elected stopped somebody from destroying the rest of detroit.

from destroying the state of michigan. auto industry. with the auto industry, so goes michigan. it's a big deal. we're going to bring actually reverse that very easily. he knows because he's got a natural. when i explained it to him. he's a business, like -- he's a savant. he's a savant. he knows. it took me about two minutes. after about two minutes, how long did it take you to understand the word tariff? two minutes or less? >> from you, two minutes. mr. trump: he figured it out quickly. he said you mean you can do that? couldn't believe it. and we have another one. paulson, he's sort of -- he can't even sleep at night he's so excited about it. but they have to be. then we have stupid people that don't knowing, you know. they say, oh, tariff. very stupid people. we have a senator from pennsylvania who decided not to run. he fought me all the way on tariffs thch gay fought me and

fought moasm his name is toomey. he fought he and fought me. i wouldn't endorse him. he decided not to run based on that. that's good. i said if charges -- if china charges 100%, can we for a similar product charge them 100%? no, sir. ok. can we charge them 5% or 25%? no, sir. why? it's not free trade. i said explain that. can we charge them 10%, 2% #-rbg%? no, sir, it's not free trade. i said yao got to be kidding. i said i wouldn't endorse you under any circumstances. [laughter] i don't know if he really believed this or -- he's not a stupid guy. did he believe this? was there something else going on? anyway. so we're going to bring back the auto industry. also a lot of other industries. this pertains to many, many. we talk about cars. it's so nice to talk about cars. the ultimate thing to

manufacture. but we're going to bring back a lot of industry. it's going to be great. fantastic presentation. we appreciate it from everybody. from everybody. is that your father over there? who is that guy? the good-looking guy? is that your father with that shirt on? i like that color. going to wear a couple of them now. i've got such support if the teamsters, i have to wear that i think. but i want to thank everybody. again, support always, you've been with me. i appreciate it very much. thank you very thank you. >> this concludes our town hall. thank you so much for being here. president trump, thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ day starts with a coffee ends with a wine takes forever getting ready she's never on time snepped >> donald trump will be back on the campaign trail tomorrow,

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>> a debate now between democratic senator jackie rosen and her republican challenger sam brown in nevada's 2024 u.s. senate race. they respond to questions on the economy, the housing shortage and the yucca mountain nuclear waste dump. the nonpartisan cook political report rates the race as leans democrat. from news nation, this is about an hour. >> thank you and welcome to debate here in las vegas. welcome to our candidates. welcome to everyone who is watching at home tonight. we have got a lot of important issues to cover. we encourage everyone share your thoughts on x with

#nvsenatedebate. john as the first question. >> let's start with the economy. this is consistently the number one issue for votes for the nevada. the nation is battling high prices caused by inflation. right now, the average 1/2ian is paying nearly $1,200 more on groceries than three years ago. we'll start with ms. rosen. give us one specific policy you would support moving forward to lower costs for nevada consumers. you have one minute to respond. >> i want to thank everyone for tuning in. i know families are being squeezed by higher costs and we have to work on it. what i'd work on first and whaif legislation to do is affordable housing. i have a bill called the home act. it's to make sure corporate investors that come to nevada, they continue to buy up our homes and they jack up the prices, we need to make sure they're not able to do that. i have a bill that will hold them accountable, that will fine them that will put money back into affordable housing.

the other things we have done, what i have done is bring $500 million to the home needs nevada program to help thousands of families get into affordable housing. we have asked for lower interest rates because when it's lower to build and lower to buy it's lower for everyone. my opponent, sam brown, calls for higher interest rates. he said it wouldn't be pretty or easy, in fact, it would be painful. instead of making sure that nevada families have the pride of home ownership he wants to inflict pain on them. >> 15 seconds to clarify here. beyond affordable housing, groceries. ways to lower costs for people going out, shopping for groceries. >> i'm glad you asked that. we've been working with the federal trade commission because kroger and albertsons are the two main grocery store chain here's in nevada. we know that they want to merge. what happens when they merge? well, they limit competition they may close stores in smaller communities, which means lost

jobs and fewer stores. so we're working to prevent price gouging and competition. we do the same with big oil for gas prices. big chains are making record profits. >> sam brown, can you give us one specific policy you'd support moving forward to lower costs for consumeers? >> it's interesting to note that senator rosen struggled to answer the question about groceries. as a family that has been impacted by higher grocery prices let me tell you about a couple. as we answer multiple questions tine, i want the viewers at home to contemplate a question. depending on who wins this election who benefits the most? us here in nevada? or some special interest or maybe political party back in d.c.? let's talk about those concerns of groceries and higher prices.

a lot of that can be impacted by our energy policy. this administration, backed by senator rosen, has chosen to prioritize energy policies that reward green energy projects. they've also led to an increase in taxes and regulations. all of those costs go into what we pay for at the grocery store. and look. there's -- there's locally owned grocery stores like marianas that do not gouge people. they employ hundreds of local people here. prices are higher as a as a result of higher energy costs. >> time sup. i would like to ask, 15 seconds to clarify. supporting a specific policy. what efforts would you take if you were elected to the senate to try to lower costs for nevada consumeers? >> again, everything moves through energy. our fuel price. we need to prioritize cheaper, more efficient and reliable energy supplies. that's going to drive down the cost of everything. not raising taxes like what

happened at the end of 2025. if senator rosen stays in power along with kamala harris. and also reducing regulations. this administration has raised regulations that add to the cost of everything. again, our grocery stores are not -- our locally owned grocery stores are not gouging us. >> can i have 15 seconds to respond? >> yes, 15 seconds to respond. >> what i'd like to tell you, nevada is the leader in the sustainable energy future with wind, water, solar and geothermal. we have more solar jobs per capita than any state in the nation with thousands of jobs. we have critical mineral, the only active lithium mine in north america. i can tell you there are billions of dollars that have come in investments to northern nevada because of nevada lithium. >> we will talk about clean energy and other efforts later on in the program here. we would like to stay on the economy here though. back in june, former president trump first proposed his no taxes on tips idea right here in

las vegas. since then republicans and democrats have supported the idea but in different forms. the committee for responsible federal budget estimates it would cost the nation more than $450 billion in lost tax revenue. we start with you, mr. brown. who do you think should qualify for the no taxes on tips policy? you have one minute to respond. >> we have thousands ands how to of hardworking nevadans right here. it would -- who would benefit by this policy. at the end of the day some people may want to dismiss it. i'm glad this is something that i think there's a bipartisan opportunity for us to work together on. and i'm glad that senator rosen has supported it as well. but at the end of the day, tax on tips is not the only thing we need to eliminate. we also need to do the right thing for our seniors and eliminate taxes on sts benefits. you know if we eliminate tax on tips and social security benefits that could be the difference between someone not being able to pay their rent, not being able to afford their

groceries, or having that stable life. so i think we need to eliminate both of those. >> the question was specifically about the no taxes on tips policy. who should qualify for this policy. 15 seconds to answer that. >> if you're receiving tip, then you ought to be not have to pay taxes on those tips. this is something that clearly as a result of the economy that we have, the higher prices that senator rosen has voted for, people are desperate and this is a policy that will give them the ability to keep things together. >> ms. rosen, same question for you. who should benefit from the no taxes on tips policy? >> i put myself through college as a waitress, i was member of kuehl kuhlnary union 226 as a young woman. i was grateful for the union and the job. it's the first time our entire las vegas strip actually is union. so we have -- i'm actually chair of the senate committee for

tourism, 25% of our hospitality workers -- of our workers are in hospitality in nevada, a heavily tipped industry. we need to make sure servers, bar tepidders, way dresses -- waitresses have the opportunity for no tax on tips. we also need to address the subminimum wage. in other places, servers make $or $4 an hour. it's not a livable wage. tips are variable. the other thing we have to do is make sure we put in guardrails so that giant corporations, the greedy c.e.o.'s ripping you off making record profit quarter after quarter don't decide the salary or bonus is a tip and they don't pay taxes. i do believe we have to make an actual definition of who the servers are that -- or bartenders, however we define that, get that benefit. >> ms. rosen, thank you. should the policy if it goes through, only apply to hospitality workers? 15 seconds. >> i think we have to look more broadlyat who gets tips and so

we do know that servers, typically, in restaurant, bartenders, waitresses and the like are probably the most heavily tipped in this country. so we can start there. we can also have a discussion and analysis and see if there are other industries that also work heavily in tips. >> thank you very much. >> something you both already touched on, the housing mark. certainly the housing shortage we have here in nevada. take a look at this graphic. it reflecks a recent study by unlv that southern nevada needs about 80,000 more affordable homes. in fact about 90% of the land in nevada is owned by the federal government. you both agree more of that land should be released so we can have construction. but you certainly have very different ideas when it comes to how that land can be use. ms. rosen, you're first here to answer with one minute you proposed legislation to prevent corporations from driving up prices, buying home you mentioned the home act a few minutes ago. why should the federal government even be involved in who can buy a house?

>> i don't think the federal government should be involved in who can buy houses but we do have to protect the consumer from price gouging. everyone knows the difference between someone making a profit and someone taking a advantage of our community. so the home act is meant to determine that if you're in a housing shortage, and these corporate investors come and buy up all homes and jack up the prices to unreasonable rates, that that's hurting your community. we're going to fine them. we're going to put that money back into affordable housing just like we did when we brought $500 million to the home means nevada program to get people into affordable housing. we need to continue to work on these issues. we lowered interest rates in order to be sure it's cheaper to build. that makes it cheaper to buy. those are things we have to do. and of course as you stated in nevada, about 85% of our land is owned by the federal government. so we have to have land bills in order to release, responsibly release, federal land. i've done that with my washo county lands bill.

we brought in stake holders environmentalists, tribal community, business loaders, elected leaders and so many others to craft a bill, consensus bill supported by the chamber of commerce to release over 15,000 acres for economic development with an emphasis on affordable housing. >> you mentioned greedy c.e.o.'s and developers. who do you think is price gownling nevadans? >> i know we have large corporate investors coming in and buying up homes. they either aren't good landlords or they are taking advantage of us. my bill allows housing an urban development to take a look at each community. >> is there a specific one you want to take a look at? >> i think with to look at some of the big wall street investors coming here. there are multiple investors. it's not the person who buys one or two homes. it's the large corporations coming and buying up all the inventory. >> mr. brown, you have one minute to respond here. you've advocated, just cut the red tape. give developers the incentives

thee they need to build. give us a specific regulation you'd like to cut the red tape so they can provide affordable housing? >> look, as someone who bought a home here six years ago, by the way, it's a humble home. it's three bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths. i was able to afford that home because my dollar went further six years ago when i bought it. interest rates were lower. and no one wants to see interest rates go up but we can see because of the spending of this administration and senator jackie rosen being the deciding, tiebreaking vote, that has led to the increased costs, that interest rates had to go up to decrease inflation. what i would like to see is if we have more supply of housing. it's interesting that senator rosen would mention a desire to want to fine greedy corporations. what if we fine greedy politicians who make things more unaffordable for us? at the end of the day increasing spry of homes by getting rid of

the really expensive auctioning process that goes -- the lots go to the highest bidder, would decrease the starting price for those new homes. and at the end of the day when she talks about affordable housing, senator rosen, why did you only include 35 acres of affordable housing in your lands bill. that doesn't -- you have a million acres. >> i'll give you 30 seconds to respond to that. >> if sam read the bill it was supported by the reno sparks chamber of commerce. there are thousands of acres set aside for conservation. set aside for tribal communities. and over 15 thowcialtion acres set aside for us po develop churches, parks, schools, with an emphasis on affordable housing. we worked with everyone to come up and craft a bill that worked for washoe county. >> senator, however -- >> that's the final word on housing. john has the next question on fortune policy. >> i would like to switch gears

to foreign policy. we have seen fighting between israel, hezbollah and hamas increase. there was news today about the leader of hamas. right now a small number of american troops will be on the ground in israel. mr. brown, i'd like to start with you. is there a line the israeli government could cross for you to top supporting it in the middle east? you have one minute to respond. >> israel has a right to defend itself. people said president trump would lead to more wars but we've seen the opposite. israel was establishing peace. it was only in this administration that we saw the conflict explode. the major agitator here is iran. this administration, along with senator rosen, allowed for sanctions to be lift. we sent billions of throors iran and iran funded their war through hamas, houthis, hezbollah and now directly

against israel. israel should be able to defend itself. the united states should not injection itself in any sort of decision making process. we ned to stand with israel and allow it to take care of its own business. >> thank you. ms. rosen, same question. is there a line the israeli government could cross in this war for you to stop supporting it in the middle east? one minute to respond. >> i can tell you i will always support israel's right to defend itself against terror. iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. we saw wit hamas. we saw it today. that the leader of hamas was eliminated. we know that iran is the leading state sponsor. hamas, houthis and other rebels. we have to stop there. i went to israel one week after october 7. i met with prime minister netanyahu. i met with the war cabinet. i met with the hostages. sadly i have met with them too many times. when i came back i got busy.

we had multiple extra batteries of iron dome. i asked the president along with senator rowns, we asked the president to send home to israel and you see them in action today. i put forth the defend act, protecting israel today. on passover, this last year, i was proud to vote for the supplemental which supported israel. against iran. hamas. and all the terrorists. it also supported ukraine against vladimir putin. >> i would like to ask, 15 seconds to clarify. the question was if there was a line the israeli government could cross that may get you to rethink or not support as much what they're doing. 15 seconds. is it unconditional? >> i think when it comes to terror we always have to stand up to terrorists around the world and brutal dictators like we do with xi y china, putin in ukraine and against iran and its proxies in the middle e