Former President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of loyalists and volunteers Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas, marking his first visit to Nevada since launching his 2024 presidential bid.
Trump, who addressed a crowd of over 500 people at Fervent: A Calvary Chapel Church with another 400 people standing outside the venue, took shots at his top primary opponent — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — and President Joe Biden, attacking the former for being a political opportunist and the latter for being corrupt. He used the speech to repeat several disproven claims about the 2020 election.
Trump also lobbed a Nevada-specific attack on DeSantis’ support as a member of Congress for funding Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste storage facility.
Trump himself supported the use of Yucca in his energy budgets before he reversed course in 2020. But despite pronouncing “Yucca” wrong, he drew a clear distinction between himself and DeSantis on the issue.
“If you don’t mind nuclear waste dumped in your backyard, I suggest you vote for Ron DeSanctimonious,” he said.
Trump is now the second major Republican presidential candidate to hold a campaign event in Nevada; DeSantis became the first at the June Basque Fry in Gardnerville.
Nevada has been friendly territory for the former president, who dominated the 2016 Republican presidential caucus en route to locking up the nomination and has retained the loyalty of the state party apparatus. That includes Chairman Michael McDonald, whom Trump shouted out...
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