LAS VEGAS (AP) – Former president donald trump The campaign is hiring extra doctors, carrying ventilators and bottled water and allowing supporters to carry umbrellas to an outdoor rally Sunday in Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to exceed 37.8 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit).
Trump is returning to Nevadaone of the most decisive states in the November elections, in his second rally since being found guilty in a secret money scandal. The unprecedented conviction of a former president boosted Trump’s fundraising and galvanized his supporters, but remains to be seen whether this will influence undecided voters.
Temperatures in the Southwest have cooled since reaching historic highs late last week, but remain above normal for this time of year and are expected to reach 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) when Trump begins speaking around noon. His rally is in a park with little shade near the airport.
Campaign organizers say they will have plenty of water bottles to hand out to participants and that cooling tents will be set up throughout the site. Misting fans will be distributed.
The campaign paid for additional EMS services to be on site in the event of an emergency. The U.S. Secret Service will make an exception to allow people to bring personal water bottles and umbrellas.
During a Trump rally in Arizona on Thursday, the Phoenix Police Department said 11 people were transported to hospitals, treated and released for heat exhaustion. Many Trump supporters waited in line for hours and some were unable to get in before the venue reached maximum capacity. The temperature reached a record 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius) that day.
Trump’s rally in Nevada, his third in the state this year, comes at the end of an upset in the West that included several high-dollar fundraisers where he was expected to raise millions of dollars.
Democrat Hillary Clinton won Nevada in 2016, just like President Joe Biden in 2020, but Nevada was the only swing state where Trump did better against Biden than Clinton. In the 2022 midterm elections, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, was the only incumbent governor not to be re-elected.
Trump hopes his strength among working-class voters and growing interest among Latinos will push him to victory in the state.
