Vice President Harris blindsided Democratic lawmakers and progressive activists by endorsing a proposal first floated by former President Trump to exempt tips for service and hospitality workers from taxes, an idea Democrats had previously criticized as "bogus" and a "ploy" for votes.
Harris's support for the idea is being seen as an aggressive play for votes in Nevada, a critical swing state where service workers will be key, and as an effort to neutralize whatever advantage Trump may have gained by first floating the idea during meetings with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill in June.
But key Democratic lawmakers and progressive activists have raised serious concerns about the substance of the proposal to shield tipped income from taxation, worrying it would leave out many lower- and middle-income workers who are just as deserving of tax relief but don't work for tips.
Check out CBS "News'" coverage of this brilliant, unprecedented proposal.
You just might be able to see a difference in how they attacked the proposal when Trump proposed it, as compared to how they praised it when Kamala Harris stole someone else's homework to get by.
