Donald Trump promised Nevadans lower costs, affordable housing, more good-paying jobs, and cheaper healthcare when he asked for their votes. A year and a half into his second term, he’s broken those promises and betrayed the working-class families across the state who voted for him.
As Trump returns to Las Vegas, Joe Lombardo will stand shoulder to shoulder with him to celebrate an economic agenda he has already admitted has “caused some hurt” in Nevada. Lombardo admitted he isn’t even trying to defend Nevadans from Trump’s economic chaos, telling veterans in Las Vegas that he “can’t control” affordability issues and calling any claims otherwise “bullshit.”
Instead of standing up for working families, Lombardo will remind voters that he is in lockstep with Donald Trump and the failed policies that have driven up costs, left families hungry, put tourism jobs at risk, and threatened the industry that powers Nevada’s economy.
Nevada deserves a governor who values the workers who keep its economy running, not one who brushes off the hotel, casino, and service jobs that support thousands of Nevada families as “not quality jobs.”
Lombardo has described his own alignment with Trump as a matter of survival, calling the president his “commanding officer.” That loyalty carried over to the ballot box this year, when Lombardo followed Trump’s lead in endorsing a candidate who praised the same budget bill that gutted health coverage and food assistance for tens of thousands of Nevadans.
Nevadans are watching their rent, their grocery bills, and their health premiums climb while the governor who is supposed to fight for them keeps choosing his commanding officer over his constituents.
Here is what the failed, Lombardo-backed MAGA agenda has cost Nevada families:
Housing
- Last year, the Trump administration froze $156 million in funding for a Nevada program that was set to build affordable housing and lower energy costs by at least 20 percent for more than 20,000 low-income Nevada households.
Healthcare
- Nevada Health Link premiums are set to rise by an average of 26 percent for 2026 after Trump and congressional Republicans let enhanced federal subsidies expire.
- The GOP budget bill Trump signed is projected to leave 8,000 fewer Nevadans with Affordable Care Act coverage and 45,000 fewer covered by Medicaid, and Boulder City Hospital has cut services and staff because of the bill’s Medicaid cuts.
Cost of Living and Jobs
- Nevada small businesses, including local grocers and shop owners, have been hit hard by tariffs, and many are seeking refunds after the Supreme Court deemed Trump’s tariff taxes illegal.
- Hospitality workers, the backbone of Las Vegas’ economy, say they’re barely getting by thanks to a tourism slowdown that they blame on the Trump administration’s tariffs, on high gas prices tied to the war in Iran, and on the rising cost of living. Las Vegas saw about 3.1 million fewer visitors last year, a 7.5% falloff and the steepest decrease outside of the pandemic period.
- Room tax receipts fell 14 percent compared to the year before, straining the tax base that funds Nevada’s schools and public services.
- Nearly 70,000 Nevadans have lost food assistance benefits following cuts passed in the Republican spending bill.
Published: Aug 5, 2026