- Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees as Trump holds a campaign event
- Campaign announced a series of heat-related precautions ahead of the rally
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President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Los Vegas on Sunday as the Southwest faces a sweltering heat wave, but his campaign is taking precautions as thousands are expected to show up despite the extreme weather.
Temperatures in Nevada are forecast to rise to just under 100 degrees as supporters gather at noon to hear the ex-president speak in Sunset Park, southeast of The Strip. By late afternoon, the heat is expected to rise above 100 degrees to 104 degrees.
The event is part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s three-day tour of the West, which includes a campaign stop in Arizona, fundraising events in California and a rally in the battleground state.
In Arizona, 11 Trump supporters were taken to the hospital for heat-related symptoms after waiting in line in scorching heat to hear Trump speak at a Turning Point USA event Thursday in Phoenix.
Former President Donald Trump headlined a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix on Thursday, where 11 of his supporters were hospitalized for heat-related illness after waiting outside
The Trump campaign said it would take precautions ahead of the Las Vegas event, making water bottles available to attendees and allowing small umbrellas through security.
There will also be a shaded and air-conditioned tent area on a first-come, first-served basis, and medical staff will be on hand in case of an emergency.
People drink water while visiting the iconic Welcome to the Fabulous Las Vegas sign on June 6. Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees as Trump holds a rally in the city on Sunday
A Trump supporter is being treated for exhaustion in Phoenix on Thursday after crowds waited for hours outside the event, held at a megachurch, as temperatures reached 110 degrees
It is Trump’s first visit to the state since he was found guilty of 34 charges of falsifying corporate records to conceal the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
But the conviction hasn’t stopped his biggest supporters from coming forward.
At the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas ahead of the ex-president’s visit, loyal supporters in red MAGA hats and other 2024 Trump gear milled around the lobby. Some even flew from New York and Minnesota.
At the bar, his donors reminisced about past sightings of Trump over beer and mixed drinks.
One cocktail on the menu was even called ‘Death by Trial’, but the bartender said this is not new, despite the current legal troubles and the now-conviction of the ex-president. The drink with a mix of rum and lime juice is not bad on a hot day.
At one point, a crowd gathered in the lobby as onlookers pulled out their phones in preparation for a possible Trump sighting. The ex-president was in town on Saturday evening prior to the meeting for a fundraiser with mega donors.
Spectators gathered Saturday in the lobby of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas hoping to see the ex-president who was in town for a fundraiser ahead of his rally Sunday
But the crowd slowly began to disburse as supporters realized that the possibility of Trump making a grand entrance into the lobby at that moment was a false alarm.
Nevada is one of the biggest battlegrounds for the 2024 presidential election. Biden won the 2020 election by fewer than 34,000 votes. But the pandemic and persistent inflation have taken their toll.
Nevada’s Senate race in the 2022 midterm elections was one of the tightest in the country, and Nevadans elected a Republican governor that year.
A series of recent polls from the Silver State have Trump in the lead. The Fox News poll from early June shows Trump up five points to 45 percent, compared to Biden’s 40 percent among registered voters.