To: Interested Parties
From: Lindsay Reilly, DCCC Regional Press Secretary
Date: June 10, 2026
Subject: The Case Against Marty O’Donnell
A bipartisan problem solver with working class roots, Susie Lee is focused on concrete solutions to lower costs for families, invest in public safety, and deliver for Nevada’s economy. Growing up as one of eight kids to a military-veteran-turned-steel-plant-worker dad and a stay-at-home mom, Susie learned early on the values of hard work, stretching a dollar, and working together to solve big problems. A “moderate consensus builder that can get things done,” Susie is ranked among the most bipartisan members of Congress.
As Southern Nevada’s economy sputters under a “Trump Slump,” Susie is leading the fight against D.C. Republicans’ price-hiking agenda that’s leaving working Nevadans behind. A longtime champion, Susie is fighting to make No Taxes on Tips permanent and is taking the lead to make sure the Administration is implementing current policy in a way that provides more tax relief to more people. Susie is leading the charge against the reckless tariffs that are jacking up prices on families and keeping international tourists away from Southern Nevada.
Meanwhile, extremist Marty O’Donnell is all-in on hiking prices for working families if that means multi-millionaires like himself can pay less in taxes. While Southern Nevada struggles, O’Donnell is spending his time platforming antisemitism and bigotry, cheerleading reckless tariffs that are turning off international visitors from Las Vegas and raising prices on families and small businesses, and celebrating ripping health care away from more than 25,000 Nevadans in the Third Congressional District.
Southern Nevadans recognize that Susie Lee, who has lived in the valley for over 30 years, has dedicated her career to helping southern Nevadans. She is a bipartisan problem solver who is working to lower costs, keep communities safe, and strengthen Nevada’s economy. That’s why Susie overperformed the top of the ticket in 2024 and won re-election by inspiring ticket-splitters to vote for her and President Trump at the same time. Southern Nevadans have rejected extremism before – and they’ll pass on multi-millionaire Marty O’Donnell and once again reject his radical, out-of-touch, price-hiking agenda.
A Right-Wing Kook and Internet Personality Who Spreads Antisemitism And Bigotry
Marty O’Donnell is way too extreme for Nevada. Shortly after launching his campaign for Congress, O’Donnell featured a prominent “neo-Nazi influencer” on his podcast and even “dismissed criticisms” against him, “including accusations of white nationalism and misogyny,” and said the interview was “one of those sort of marriages made in heaven.” O’Donnell’s Neo-Nazi friend Charles Cornish-Dale, who runs the social media account Raw Egg Nationalist, is known for spreading antisemitic, pro-Nazi, and white nationalist content, including posts that feature quotes from Mein Kampf, Nazi uniforms, swastika flags, “HH,” and other Nazi and white nationalist imagery and slogans. At the same time O’Donnell is elevating a known neo-Nazi, he’s spreading hate online and running a personal Discord server that’s full of “antisemitic, pro-Nazi and anti-Israel sentiments.”
O’Donnell is also an anti-abortion extremist. While Susie Lee is fighting for a woman’s right to make her own decisions, O’Donnell is comparing legal abortions to the Holocaust. He also opposes women having sex outside of marriage, stating that women who “sow their wild oats” cause societies to “collapse.”
A Multi-Millionaire Who Wants To Buy Himself A Seat In Congress So He Can Cut His Own Taxes At Working Nevadans’ Expense
Multi-millionaire Marty O’Donnell hasn’t been shy about his plans to try to buy a seat in Congress: during his first failed congressional run, O’Donnell blatantly admitted that even if Nevadans weren’t behind him, he would spend as much of his own fortune as it took to win. Unsurprisingly, Marty’s millions weren’t enough to cover for his lack of support on the ground. Despite coming in fourth place in 2024 after spending more than $1 million, O’Donnell is doubling down on his self-funding strategy to mask his lack of commitment to serving Nevadans, loaning his campaign $3 million so far.
A few million dollars may be a small price to pay for O’Donnell, who’s been a vocal supporter of permanent tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy like himself. With a net worth of up to $75.9 million, O’Donnell will see a massive payday because of the Big, Ugly Law – a tax scam he’s proudly embraced for “reorient[ing] our tax structure… [by] extending the Trump Tax Cuts.” Paid for by gutting Nevadans’ health care, ripping food away from hungry kids, and taxing gambling losses, working Nevadans are already paying the price for O’Donnell’s tax break. Health care premiums are skyrocketing, hospitals across the state are at risk of closing, and Southern Nevada’s gaming economy is bracing for the “sledgehammer” that is the Big, Ugly Law’s new gaming tax. Meanwhile, tipped workers in Nevada are saying they feel “gaslit” after learning that tax cuts for multi-millionaires like O’Donnell are permanent, while Republicans’ version of No Taxes on Tips is temporary, isn’t enough to make up for Southern Nevada’s “Trump Slump,” and leaves many tipped workers behind.
Susie Lee believes tipped workers deserve more than temporary tax relief and massive cuts to health care programs that roughly 40% of all tipped workers rely on. The choice couldn’t be clearer for working Nevadans: While Susie fights to strengthen No Taxes on Tips and make the relief permanent while also lowering costs for families, O’Donnell is cheerleading permanent tax cuts for multi-millionaires like himself – paid for by jacking up costs on everyone else.
A Rubberstamp Who Cares More About Pleasing Donald Trump Than Standing Up For Nevadans
Multi-millionaire Marty O’Donnell has proven himself to be a rubberstamp Republican who is more loyal to Trump and D.C. Republicans than to Nevadans. When O’Donnell announced his latest campaign, he explicitly admitted he was running to give Trump “reinforcements” and told the Nevada Independent that he doesn’t “car[e] that much about differentiating between [himself] and other Republicans.”
O’Donnell’s complete deference to his party bosses is already on full display. While Southern Nevada reels from a “Trump Slump” defined by tanking tourism, skyrocketing prices, and fewer shifts and less tips, O’Donnell is championing the same policies that led to the downturn in the first place. A loyal Republican Party lapdog, O’Donnell said that Trump’s haphazard tariff regime is not “an issue,” despite tariffs hiking prices on families and small businesses and turning off critical tourists from Southern Nevada – devastating the local economy in the process. O’Donnell went so far as to say that he “love[s] what [Trump] is doing” with cost-raising tariffs.
Disturbingly out of touch, O’Donnell doesn’t seem to understand – or care – how badly the “Trump Slump” is hurting Southern Nevada. Just recently, O’Donnell “downplay[ed] [Nevada’s] job crisis” and suggested people don’t need jobs and economic opportunity. Meanwhile, the region is hemorrhaging jobs – particularly in the service and hospitality industries, a leading youth employment sector – due to a drop in tourism. Just one month earlier, O’Donnell railed against affordable health care and said that landmark legislation that protects Nevadans with pre-existing medical conditions should be “dead and gone.” As Southern Nevadans struggle to find work and face rising health care costs, they don’t need another out-of-touch, rubberstamp Republican like O’Donnell greenlighting a price-hiking agenda.
As one of the most bipartisan members of Congress, Susie Lee has proven she is able to cross party lines to get things done for Southern Nevadans. While O’Donnell picks partisanship, Susie stands with Nevada families, workers, and businesses.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
Las Vegas Sun: Our choices for primary election season in Nevada [Las Vegas Sun, 5/29/26]
“Lee is the type of moderate consensus builder that can get things done even when the opposition party has unified control of Congress, the White House and the courts.”
Las Vegas Review Journal: Rosen, Lee among legislators who break party ranks the most, study finds [Las Vegas Review Journal, 2/16/24]
8 News Now: Rep. Susie Lee pushes housing overhaul benefiting Nevada [8 News Now, 2/10/26]
“Democratic Nevada Rep. Susie Lee has helped advance the bipartisan Housing for the 21st Century Act, a sweeping housing package designed to expand the nation’s affordable housing supply and reduce costs for families.”
News 3 LV: Shoplifting incidents escalate as violence, organized crime draw federal attention [New 3 LV, 5/18/26]
“The trend has drawn attention at the federal level, with Nevada Democratic Reps. Susie Lee and Dina Titus are helping spearhead legislation aimed at combating organized retail crime.
News 3 Las Vegas: Congresswoman Susie Lee secures $1 million for new police emergency command vehicle [News 3 Las Vegas, 6/1/24]
“Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that she secured a $1 million federal investment for LVMPD to replace the department’s 17-year-old emergency command vehicle.”
Las Vegas Sun: Fight against fentanyl gets boost from Nevada lawmaker, Congress [Las Vegas Sun, 12/10/25]
“Lee is celebrating the signing of new bipartisan legislation authorizing $64 million through 2030 to combat substance abuse among youths after the program lapsed in 2023.”
2 News Nevada: Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act introduced in U.S. House of Representatives [2 News Nevada, 11/7/25]
NBC News: How Trump’s tax law boosts the wealthy and leaves behind some workers he promised to help [NBC News, 4/9/26]
“‘We were disappointed,’ Cummings said. ‘I feel like a lot of the servers, bartenders, waitresses, tip earners were gaslit by the ‘no tax on tips.’” […]
“‘At the end of the day, the billionaires got their tax cuts permanent, and these are temporary. It’s basically throwing us a bone,’ said Ted Pappageorge, the secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas.”
LA Times: This Las Vegas Republican had high hopes for Trump. But a ‘Trump slump’ made life worse [LA Times, 10/19/25]
“In short, he’s living through the worst combination of inflation and economic malaise he’s experienced since he began waiting tables after finishing high school. Las Vegas lives on tourism, the industry irrigated by rivers of disposable income. The decline of both has resulted in a painful downturn that hurts all the more after the pent-up demand and go-go years following the crippling COVID-19 shutdown.”
Jewish Insider: Nevada GOP candidate Marty O’Donnell hosted neo-Nazi influencer on podcast [Jewish Insider, 5/19/26]
American Journal News: Marty O’Donnell downplays jobs crisis facing young people [American Journal News, 5/21/26]
Politico: Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush. [Politico, 5/25/26]
“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.’”
The Nerd Stash: Halo Soundtrack Composer Pledges Allegiance to Trump, Vows to ‘Destroy the Flood’ in Congress: ‘A Stain on Halo’s Legacy’ [The Nerd Stash, 10/28/25]
PATH TO VICTORY
Not only does Nevada’s Third Congressional District have more than 20,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, nearly half of registered voters in the district identify as Non-Partisan. NV-03’s independent streak is advantageous for Susie Lee, who is ranked one of the most bipartisan members of Congress. It’s also a challenge for Marty O’Donnell, who’s made his undying loyalty to the Republican Party core to his brand. O’Donnell will also have a tough time winning over key Latino voters who are souring on Republicans’ cost-spiking agenda. In a midterm election environment defined by a “Trump Slump” in Southern Nevada, Democrats dominating on the generic ballot, and Democrats overperforming in congressional special elections by 17 points, it’s clear Southern Nevadans won’t buy the extremism that multi-millionaire and rubberstamp Republican Marty O’Donnell is selling.
Voters know and trust Susie Lee as a bipartisan problem solver who works for them, not a political party. As Southern Nevada struggles under a “Trump Slump,” voters will once again look to independent-minded Susie to fight for them in Congress. |
