Vice Presidential Pool Reports of April 15, 2024

VP pool report #1

Air Force 2 landed in Las Vegas at 11:26 local time. VPOTUS was greeted on arrival by Rep. Dina Titus, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar. She chatted with the three briefly, and then took a selfie with the three (Ford held the phone).

Motorcade is en route to her first event, at the Southwest Career and Technical Academy.

Before takeoff from LA, the vice president came to the back of the plane for an off the record visit that lasted about four minutes.

VP Pool Report #2

Both of the vice president's events in Las Vegas were open press. Her office is expecting transcripts to be sent soon.

Her first event was a moderated conversation about guns with Angela Ferrell-Zabala, Executive Director of Moms Demand Action and actress Xochitl Gomez.

The vice president spoke at length about the need to do more to combat gun violence, including taking a moment as she often does at such events to ask students to raise their hands if they had ever been part of active shooter drills. Dozens raised their hands. She urged older people in the room to take note.

Speakers at the first event:
- Sonia Chessen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA), HHS
- Donna Levy, Principal, Southwest Career and Technical Academy
- Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV-03)
- Angela Ferrell-Zabala, Executive Director of Moms Demand Action
- Xochitl Gomez, Actress
- Raiyan Shafique, Student, Southwest Career and Technical Academy (VPOTUS Introducer)

Her second event was at a campaign office, where she followed a list of local officials, including Rep. Dina Titus and Attorney General Aaron Ford. She spoke mostly about abortion rights and criticizing bans like the one upheld last week in Arizona. Repeating a phrase that she used last week in Tucson, she referred to "Trump abortion bans."

On Background From The Biden-Harris Campaign:

On Monday afternoon, Vice President Harris appeared at a campaign event in Las Vegas, NV on reproductive freedom. Arizona State Senator Eva Burch spoke at the event to share what is happening on the ground in her home state, where the state Supreme Court recently upheld an abortion ban from the 1800s. The event also featured remarks by Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, Rep. Dina Titus and Nevada Democratic Party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno. At the event, campaign organizers helped collect signatures for the ballot measure that would enshrine reproductive freedom in Nevada's state Constitution.

The vice president was wheels up back to Los Angeles at 3:40.

Also:
On background from a White House official: Vice President Harris' appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, April 16th has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.