| MAGA multi-millionaire Marty O’Donnell is so glaringly out of touch, he doesn’t think Southern Nevada’s tanking tourism numbers are “an issue” – even though businesses are closing, costs are rising, and workers can’t find jobs due to the dramatic drop in visitors.
As Politico reports, Trump’s reckless tariffs are turning international tourists off from visiting Southern Nevada – resulting in 2025 being the “worst non-pandemic year for Las Vegas since the city started tracking data in 1970.”
Out-of-touch O’Donnell says he “love[s] what [Trump] is doing” and “fully supports” the President’s cost-raising and job-killing tariffs, even as Nevadans pay the price.
O’Donnell’s full-throated support for tariffs comes shortly after he made eyebrow-raising comments dismissing Nevada’s job crisis and after Jewish Insider published a bombshell report on O’Donnell gleefully hosting a known neo-Nazi on his podcast.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Marty O’Donnell can’t go a day without proving just how out of touch he is with Southern Nevadans. From cheerleading reckless tariffs that are destroying Las Vegas tourism, to championing gutting Nevadans’ health care to pay for tax breaks for multi-millionaires like himself, O’Donnell is showing voters exactly why he is unfit to represent them in Congress.”
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Politico: Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush.
- Last year, as Trump levied tariffs on Canada, visits from Canadians — who account for up to half of Las Vegas’ foreign tourism — dropped off by 17 percent. That played a large role in a 7.5 percent year-over-year decline in total tourist visits, making 2025 the worst non-pandemic year for Las Vegas since the city started tracking data in 1970.
- “Trump instituted his reckless tariffs. In response, Canadians have literally boycotted traveling to America,” said Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), whose Las Vegas-area seat is Republicans’ top target in the state. “That has had a significant impact on our tourism.”
- Canadian visitors… on any given year make up between 25 and 50 percent of Las Vegas’ foreign tourism market.
- Even some Nevada Republicans acknowledge the problem. “The Canadians aren’t coming the way they were. Wonder why that is, huh?” Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), who isn’t running for reelection in his northern Nevada seat, said with a chuckle. “The communications for the tariff stuff was suboptimal.”
- The dropoff in Canadian visitors played a role in stagnating a Las Vegas hospitality sector reliant on wealthy international visitors spending in the city’s casinos and hotels. A string of Las Vegas restaurants closed in recent months, some citing a downturn in visitors.
- Marty O’Donnell… says he “fully support(s)” the president’s trade policy… “I actually love what he’s doing,” [O’Donnell said in an interview.]
- O’Donnell said tariffs aren’t at the top of voters’ list of concerns. “I don’t hear anybody complaining about tariffs,” he said. “I just don’t think it’s an issue. I think there are way, way more important issues.”
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