Dr. Jeff Gunter, who served as President Donald Trump's ambassador to Iceland during his first term, went on offense against Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) on Breitbart News Saturday, accusing the congresswoman of siding with illegal immigrants over the citizens of her own district and voting against the economic interests of Nevada's workforce.
Gunter, who aims to oust Lee if he becomes the Republican nominee in Nevada's third congressional district after the 2026 midterm elections, didn't mince words with host Matthew Boyle:
"Let's face it, she's flooded and aided and abetted Joe Biden in flooding our country with illegal aliens, up to 20 million people. She did not stand, she's an aider and abetter. She's really just chosen illegal aliens over the American people, over her district, over Nevada CD-3, and that's why she's going to lose."
It's a direct indictment, and Gunter backed it up with a bill-by-bill accounting of Lee's record.
Nevada is a hospitality state. That's not a talking point; it's an economic fact. Roughly twenty-five percent of the state's jobs are tied to the hospitality industry, according to Gunter. Tips and overtime aren't abstractions for these workers. They're the difference between making rent and falling behind.
So what did Susie Lee do? She voted against no tax on tips. She voted against no tax on overtime. She voted against the Big Beautiful Bill, which Gunter described as legislation that "really helps workers."
According to Breitbart, Gunter laid it out plainly:
"She voted against no tax on tips — we're a hospitality state. Twenty-five percent of the jobs are tied to the hospitality industry, and she voted against no tax on tips? She voted against no tax on overtime. She voted against the Big Beautiful Bill, which really helps workers; that's what the bill is about. She's out of touch. She supports illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens."
There's a pattern here that goes beyond any single vote. Democrats, including Lee, refused to stand up for Americans over illegal aliens during the State of the Union. The votes against tax relief for tips and overtime weren't accidents or principled stands on fiscal grounds. They were party-line loyalty tests that came at the direct expense of the workers Lee claims to represent.
A hospitality-state Democrat voting against no tax on tips tells you everything you need to know about whose interests she's actually serving.
Gunter also raised an issue that should concern every voter in Nevada's third district, regardless of party: Lee's financial disclosure record.
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 requires public disclosure of stock trading over $1,000 made on behalf of members of Congress or their spouses within 45 days. The law exists because of a bipartisan consensus that congressional insider trading is corruption, full stop.
A 2021 Business Insider report found that Lee failed to properly disclose as much as $3.3 million in financial trades per the STOCK Act.
Three point three million dollars in undisclosed trades. From a sitting member of Congress. Under a law specifically designed to prevent exactly this kind of opacity.
Gunter channeled the frustration of voters who've noticed:
"I've heard some people not call her Susie Lee, but Susie Madoff. How do you like that one? It's really terrible and shameful what she's done to the voters, what she's done to Nevada, and she is here to represent us, but obviously, she has no desire to do that. She just wants to line her pockets, and she must be very comfortable with Susie Madoff."
The STOCK Act didn't materialize out of thin air. In 2011, Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer rocked official Washington with his investigative revelations of insider trading by members of Congress. His book, which Slate described and which earned the Joan Shorenstein Barone Award, led to a segment on 60 Minutes and forced real consequences. Then-chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Spencer Bachus (R-AL) announced he would not seek reelection after the book's revelations. The late Andrew Breitbart called on Bachus to resign.
Notice the key detail: that was a Republican. When a Republican was caught, conservatives demanded accountability, and they got it. Bachus stepped aside. The STOCK Act was passed in 2012 as a direct result.
Now apply that standard to Lee. A Business Insider report surfaces $3.3 million in improperly disclosed trades, and she's still in office, still casting votes, still asking Nevada voters for their trust. The accountability that ended a Republican chairman's career apparently doesn't apply when the offender has a D next to her name.
Nevada's third congressional district sits at the intersection of every issue Gunter raised. It's a district full of workers in hospitality and service industries who would have directly benefited from eliminating taxes on tips and overtime. It's a border-adjacent state dealing with the downstream consequences of Biden-era immigration policy. And it's represented by a congresswoman who, by the numbers, failed to disclose millions in stock trades as required by federal law.
Lee voted against her constituents' economic interests on three separate measures. She declined to stand with Americans over illegal aliens. And her financial disclosures don't add up.
Gunter is building a case that Nevada's third deserves better. The facts suggest he doesn't have to exaggerate to make it.
