‘Peak elitism’: Democrats roasted for dismissing no tax on tips as ‘crumbs’

Nevada Democratic representatives Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford are being derided as “out of touch” for remaining silent after the national Democratic Party spokesperson dismissed any tax on tips as merely “crumbs.”

One Politico article On the significance of the no-tax-on-tips policy in congressional races in Nevada, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokeswoman Lindsay Reilly appeared to dismiss the policy, saying “DC Republicans are giving temporary crumbs to working families.”

Reilly added: “Meanwhile, millions of families risk losing their health care, hundreds of hospitals could close, and countless Americans could lose their jobs—all to pay for permanent tax cuts for billionaires.”

The no tip tax provision in the “big, beautiful bill” provides an income tax deduction of up to $25,000 on qualified tipped income through 2028.

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The comments sparked a firestorm of criticism from Republican voices online, as Nevada has the highest share of tipped workers in the country.

“Amazing how far Democrats are from reality. DCCC thinks no tax on tips is ‘crumbs,'” conservative commentator Steve Guest wrote.

“What makes this so bad is that the Democratic party ACTUALLY thinks this way,” White House press secretary Abigail Jackson wrote.

“Nancy Pelosi peddled the same elitist ‘crumbs’ message after Trump and Republicans cut taxes for nearly all working families in 2017,” added Nathan Brand, counsel for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

The Republican Congressional Leadership Fund challenged Titus, Lee and Horsford, saying: “Will you condemn @dccc’s statement that cutting taxes on tips amounts to ‘crumbs?’ Many of your constituents rely on tips to support their families.”

“@dccc’s disdain that No Tax on Tips is ‘crumbs’ is the height of Democrat elitism,” wrote Christian Martinez, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee.

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Nancy Pelosi speaks on stage during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit at the Sheraton New York Times Square on September 23, 2025 in New York City. (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Annual Summit)

Although all three Democrats supported the policy of no tip tax, they voted against the “big, beautiful bill” that included the policy.

Martinez said Nevada Democrats’ “voting records say it all” and that “out-of-touch Democrats Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford are too afraid of their radical, latte-sipping bosses in D.C. to stand up for the workers who keep Nevada running.”

“A party run only by latte liberals who refuse to go to the office thinks their hard-earned tip money is pocket lint,” he said.

The NRCC also asked: “Will Titus, Lee and Horsford side with the workers?”

“National Democrats have mocked Nevada’s waiters, bartenders, cooks, cleaners, vendors and hospitality workers, saying their right to keep their own hard-earned tip money is nothing more than ‘crumbs,'” the NRCC said in a statement. he said.

“This is the shameless party of Dina Titus, Susie Lee, and Steven Horsford. They cannot hide their vote AGAINST No Tax on Tips for hard-working Nevadans. If Titus, Lee, and Horsford truly stood with workers, they would condemn these comments and advocate for workers to keep more of their hard-earned money.”

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Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., walks down the steps of the Capitol after the final votes of the week on April 1, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

After his transition, Lee wrote: Las Vegas Sun He “rushed to Washington to vote against the One Big Beautiful Bill,” calling it “one of the least popular laws in modern American history, providing huge, permanent tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and temporary crumbs to working families in Southern Nevada.”

In August, the trio sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent “to ensure successful implementation” of the tip-free policy. Lee’s office said in a statement that the letter emphasizes that “the version of ‘No Tax on Tips’ adopted by Republicans in Washington does not fully meet the needs of Nevadans.”

“I believe no one should lose the tips they earn. That’s why I support tip legislation to PERMANENTLY end tip taxes,” Lee said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“He called the speaker,” he said earlier this year. [Mike] Johnson will bring the permanent fix called ‘No Tax on Tips Act’, which passed the Senate unanimously, to the Parliament for a vote.

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The no tip tax provision in the “big, beautiful bill” provides an income tax deduction of up to $25,000 on qualified tipped income through 2028. (iStock)

“Instead, Republican leaders held him hostage so they could provide protection for themselves while they voted to approve the largest transfer of wealth in American history,” he said. “The Republicans’ ‘no tip tax’ provision is an unfair deal for tip earners; temporary, limited and much smaller than the tax breaks the wealthiest Americans get from Big Bulls.

“Let me be clear: our service workers are not eligible for the tip tax if they are unable to receive tips or have lost their jobs due to the tourism recession.”

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DCCC spokesperson Lindsay Reilly also responded to the backlash, telling Fox News Digital: “It is sad that disengaged officials at the NRCC throw tantrums when confronted with the facts.

“Everyone knows the Big, Ugly Bill is a massive tax cut for the richest few that leaves working families footing the bill. So truthand that’s why everyone hates it,” he said. “Voters can see through Republicans’ cheap diversions, and people know their bills don’t provide meaningful relief to ordinary Americans while billionaires just give away the money.”

In response to the theft of Pelosi’s 2017 “crumbs” comment, Pelosi’s office shared a 2018 statement denouncing President Donald Trump’s first-term tax cuts as a hoax and a “monumental theft from the middle class to enrich the richest 1 percent.”

Fox News Digital also reached out to Titus and Horsford but did not immediately receive a response.