No, reelecting Lombardo won’t protect Nevada from Trump

By: Hugh Jackson

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: January 29, 2026

Words: 818

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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There’s a theory — perhaps you’ve heard it — that says Donald Trump hasn’t launched chaos-creating over-the-top militarized deportation tactics in Nevada, as he has in Minnesota, for a couple reasons:

It would upset the casino-hotel industry and harm Nevada’s tourism-based economy.
It would put Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in a tough spot in an election year.

Yes, hordes of horrifyingly incompetent and untrained thugs have not been deployed to manufacture mayhem in …

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