Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday pledged to eliminate taxes on tipped wages for service workers, matching a proposal from former President Donald Trump.
During a rally in Las Vegas she held alongside her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris praised the work of the Culinary Workers Union, which endorsed her on Friday, and vowed to continue to support policies that would benefit the union’s workers.
“When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage, and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers,” Harris said.
Following up on her comments at the Las Vegas rally, a Harris campaign official clarified that her push for the elimination of taxes on tips would require legislation. If elected president, Harris would work with Congress to craft a proposal that mandates an income limit and applies strict requirements to prevent hedge fund managers and lawyers from structuring their compensation to take advantage of the policy.
Harris would push the proposal with an increase in the minimum wage as well, the official said.
In response to Harris’ remarks, Trump accused her of stealing his proposed policy in a post to his Truth Social platform.
“Kamala Harris, whose ‘Honeymoon’ period is ENDING, and is starting to get hammered in the Polls, just copied my NO TAXES ON TIPS Policy,” he wrote. He added that she only mentioned the proposal for “Political Purposes.”
“This was a TRUMP idea,” the former president said. “She can only steal from me.”
