Vice President Kamala Harris promised on Saturday to eliminate taxes on service workers’ paychecks. an offer from former President Donald Trump.
During a rally in Las Vegas with running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris praised the work of the Culinary Workers Union, which endorsed him Friday, and vowed to continue to support policies that would benefit union workers.
“When I am president, we will continue our fight for America’s working families, including raising the minimum wage and eliminating tip taxes for service and hospitality workers,” Harris said.
Following his comments at the Las Vegas rally, a Harris campaign official clarified that his advice would require legislation to repeal the taxes. If elected president, Harris would work with Congress to craft a proposal that would set income limits and impose strict requirements to prevent hedge fund managers and lawyers from structuring their compensation to benefit from politics.
Harris said he would put forward a proposal to raise the minimum wage.
In response to Harris’s words, Trump accused him of stealing the policy he proposed post to its Truth Social platform.
“Kamala Harris, whose ‘honeymoon’ period is OVER and is starting to flop in the Polls, just copied my NO REFERRAL TAX Policy,” he wrote. He added that he only mentioned the proposal for “Political purposes”.
“It was TRUMP’s idea,” the former president said. “He can only steal from me.”