U.S. Congressman (House Representative) Darrell Issa (R-CA), Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017, Las Vegas Convention Center, January 7, 2017
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Ruben Kihuen and Gig Schmidt, Cox Pavilion, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Get Out The Vote Event with appearances by President Bill Clinton, Catherine Cortez Masto and Ruben Kihuen, and a performance concluding the event by Steve Aoki, November 3, 2016
Ruben is an immigrant born in Mexico. He is an American politician from Nevada. A Democrat, a member of the Nevada Senate, representing the state’s 10th district in Clark County. In 2010, Kihuen was elected to the Nevada State Senate after the incumbent was term-limited. he is running for U.S. Congress.
Ruben asked Gig if he wanted him to remove the glasses or keep them on for the photo. Gig told him to keep them on.
Update: Ruben won his 2016 U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada election.
The above photo was taken by the Las Vegas Review Journal and posted on their website and probably newspaper. After the photo was taken, the photographer went to Gig asking for his name, and Gig asked what newspaper he was from. The Las Vegas Review Journal is now owned by Sheldon Adelson who is the chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation which owns the Venetian and Palazzo Resorts in Las Vegas. Adelson is also a staunch supporter and contributor to the Republican Party.
In the photo Gig is probably telling Ruben that he met Ruben’s sister a few weeks earlier.
The caption of the photo on the website is:
State Senator Ruben Kihuen, D-Nevada, left shakes hands with Gig Schmidt at a rally for Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Cox Pavilion on Thursday, Nov 3, 2016, at UNLV, in Las Vegas, Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review Journal
The above photo was also taken by the Las Vegas Review Journal and posted on their website and probably their newspaper too.
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Catherine Cortez Masto and Gig Schmidt, Cox Pavilion, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Get Out The Vote Event with appearances by President Bill Clinton, Catherine Cortez Masto and Ruben Kihuen, and a performance concluding the event by Steve Aoki, November 3, 2016
Catherine Cortez Masto – is a 2-time Nevada Attorney General now running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Senator Harry Reid (D-NV). If Catherine were to win the race she would become the first ever Latina in the U.S. Senate.
Catherine Cortez Masto was not eligible to run for a third term as Nevada Attorney General in 2014 due to lifetime term limits established by the Nevada Constitution. She also served as a Prosecutor in U.S. Attorney’s Office and Chief of Staff for Former Nevada Governor Bob Miller.
Update: Catherine won her 2016 U.S. Senator from Nevada election.
The above photo was posted on another online media website here and here. Along with many other pictures where Gig is seen.
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Unites States President Barack Obama motorcade, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 23, 2016. Closed intersection at Las Vegas Boulevard, also known as the world famous Las Vegas Strip, and Tropicana Avenue. The intersection may have been closed for approximately 45 minutes.
President Obama was probably coming from a scheduled Democrat Organizing Event in the afternoon at Cheyenne High School 3200 W. Alexander Rd. North Las Vegas, 89032.
Gig was scheduled to attend the event but on the same day as the event he decided not to attend. He unexpectedly encountered the motorcade as the President was probably leaving the event and heading to McCarran International Airport. The route was probably the I-15 south, exiting onto the Tropicana Avenue exit, and then traveling east on Tropicana towards the airport.
This was Gig’s 3rd encounter with a motorcade in Las Vegas, NV within 11 days. The first was October 11, 2016 with Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The second was October 13, 2016 with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
Followed by a walk down the middle of the Las Vegas Boulevard, also known as the world famous Las Vegas Strip, back to Gig’s vehicle.
October 23, 2016
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Catherine Cortez Masto, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Get Out The Early Vote Rally and Canvas Launch with Katy Perry, October 22, 2016
The event was not advertised or promoted through traditional channels. When Gig found out about it the previous day, he scheduled to attend. He then received an email and a phone call the same morning from the Democrat Campaign Party to remind him of the event and to confirm his attendance.
Edited conversation between Catherine Cortez Masto (D) and Gig.
Gig: I’m supporting you. This year it’s top to bottom. I am a registered Independent but this year it’s top to bottom Democrat.
Catherine Cortez Masto (D): repeatedly said “Thank You!” to Gig.
Update: Catherine won her 2016 U.S. Senator from Nevada election.
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (D), Culinary Union Local 226 Hall, 1630 S Commerce St, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102, October 13, 2016
All three of the above photos were taken by U.S. V.P Joe Biden using Gig’s phone.
Edited conversation between Gig and U.S. V.P Joe Biden
Gig: Mr. Vice President
I’m from South Jersey.
Camden, New Jersey
(Gig either said South Jersey or Southern New Jersey. When Gig is in the state of New Jersey or in the area he says South Jersey but when he is in different parts of the country he says Southern New Jersey so that the person he is speaking to understands that he is referencing the state of New Jersey. However, since V.P Joe Biden is from Scranton, Pennsylvania, lived in Delaware since he was 10 years of age which is connected to the state of New Jersey via the Delaware Memorial Bridge, was a Senator from Delaware from 1973-2009, and his son Beau was the Delaware Attorney General who announced a run for Governor before his untimely demise due to cancer, Gig assumed Joe would know what he meant in either formation of the location.)
V.P Joe Biden: (smiling) I married a girl from South Jersey.
Gig: Where?
V.P Joe Biden: Hammonton (Joe was referencing his current wife Dr. Jill Biden)
Gig: That’s where I’m from, my neck of the woods.
(Hammonton is in Atlantic County which is also where Atlantic City, New Jersey is. Atlantic County also borders Camden county which is where Gig lived the first 18 years of his life, and it also borders Burlington county which is where Gig attended high school, and moved to until he moved to Las Vegas.)
Can I get a picture with you?
(Joe then took the camera from Gig, turned to take the picture but could not.)
V.P. Joe Biden: I couldn’t get it. It didn’t work.
(Gig took the phone back and turned the camera back on. It might not have been set for a picture, or timed out.)
Gig: Mr. Vice President I fixed the camera.
(Joe then took the camera back from Gig, turned and then took the above three pictures. Not sure what Joe was seeing in the one photo but the sun was shining very bright. Gig leaned in to make sure he was captured in the photo. As is seen from the photo, Gig was about four people back from the rope line. Gig thinks that is his hand on the V.P.’s shoulder in one of the photos and it appears that a Secret Service Agent was reaching out to Gig’s hand, probably to remove it. If that was Gig’s hand he says that he Gig does not recall feeling the hand of the Secret Service on his, and said he would have just been focused on Joe and the picture.)
Note: If you call out to the Vice President of the United States you will probably draw the attention of the Secret Service, especially after the speech was interrupted twice. The first time the speech was interrupted, a man shouted out something crude about President Clinton while holding a sign and turning to face the media. This man ranged from approximately 3-10 feet behind Gig and was ushered out by the local security detail. The second interruption during the speech was from a young man approximately 5-10 feet in front of Gig in the grey t-shirt, shouting out a question. “… do you condemn the war in Saudi Arabia? Condemn the war… by the Hoothies” Local security, seen in the yellow vests, went over to the young man but Joe Biden said not to throw him out and answered his question. The young man then gave the Vice President a thumbs up to his answer.
Secret Service agents eventually went over to the young man and stood behind him throughout the remainder of the Vice President’s speech and particularly after the speech when Joe Biden scheduled to go to the rope line to meet and greet with the attendees.
Click here to see V.P. Joe Biden beginning his speech or view below
Click here to see the aftermath of the shouted question from an attendee or view below
Click here for a video of the Vice President’s motorcade arriving at the event or view below.
United States of America Vice President Joe Biden motorcade, driving into the Culinary Union Local 226 Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday October 13, 2016 12:28 pm 25 seconds long.
Also speaking at the event is former two time Nevada Attorney General (2007-2015) and current Nevada Democrat U.S. Senator candidate Catherine Cortez Masto who, if she wins the Senate race, would become the first Latina in the U.S. Senate.
Update: Catherine won her 2016 U.S. Senator from Nevada election.
Video depicts the motorcade, police escort and Secret Service Agents who were also posted on the roof of the building.
The motorcade travels at a high rate of speed, which Gig noticed the previous day with the motorcade of Former First Lady, Secretary of State and Senator Hillary Clinton, as they drove on local roads heading to a political rally at The Smith Center in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. They probably drive at a high rate of speed for security purposes.
Note the tent that the vehicles drive under at their final destination before the occupants exit the vehicle. This too is probably due to security purposes and to prevent observation from overhead cameras and spy satellite visuals and lip reading.
Note what appears to be a communications vehicle that stops just outside of the tent. That vehicle may be used to secure the communications of those in the motorcade and to block (jam) any attempts from unauthorized personnel from overhearing the communications.
Also note a Secret Service Agent moving rapidly from left to right of the tent, towards the event building, after someone draws the tent closed on a couple of the vehicles inside.
Event details:
Democrat Political Campaign Rally: Hillary Clinton (D) for President and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) for U.S. Senate
Thursday, October 13, 2016 scheduled from 10:45 AM to 2:00 PM PDT
Culinary Union Local 226 Hall
1630 S Commerce St
Las Vegas, Nevada 89102
Thursday October 13, 2016
Doors scheduled to open at 10:45 am
Event scheduled to begin at 12:45 pm
This video was taken by Gig Schmidt at 12:28 pm as he walked to the event. You can overhear a Secret Service Agent telling Gig “Come on, just keep moving”.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (D) and Catherine Cortez Masto for US Senate (D-NV), Culinary Union Local 226 Hall, 1630 S Commerce St, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102, October 13, 2016
Photos taken by Gig before and during the speeches. Note the security detail on the roof with binoculars. Three are seen in one of the pictures, Las Vegas, NV, October 13, 2016.
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Tim Kain U.S. Senator (D-VA) and U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate (D), Sun City MacDonald Ranch, 2020 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy, Henderson, Nevada 89012, October 7, 2016
Update: The Democrats lost the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
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Tim Kain U.S. Senator (D-VA) and U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate (D), United Brotherhood of Carpenters Training Center, 6801 Placid Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, October 6, 2016
Update: The Democrats lost the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
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Joyce Woodhouse State Senator (D-NV), United Brotherhood of Carpenters Training Center, 6801 Placid Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, October 6, 2016
Update: Joyce won her 2016 Nevada State Senator election.
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Catherine Cortez Masto 2-Time Former Nevada Attorney General (2007-2015) and U.S. Senate Candidate (D-NV), Las Vegas Springs Preserve, 333 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107, October 4, 2016
Gig told Catherine “Good luck. I’ve been involved in politics for many years and you’ve got to win this election.” Catherine: “Thank you sir.”
Update: Catherine won her 2016 U.S. Senator from Nevada election.
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Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator (D-MA), Las Vegas Springs Preserve, 333 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107, October 4, 2016
Regardless of your political views, Gig said that if you ever get the opportunity, go to a live speech delivered by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). He said that she delivers a very passionate, energized and dynamic speech.
Edited conversation between Gig and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) after the speeches concluded.
Gig: You’ve got to run for President.
Senator Warren(D-MA): (laughing) Not yet.
(She then continued saying something about getting the vote out to support Hillary Clinton, Catherine Cortez Masto and the entire Democrat ticket.)
Gig: I am from New Jersey, and we from the east coast say Nev-odd-a.
(During her speech she pronounced the Silver State as Nev-odd-a and was quickly corrected by a woman in the audience with Nev-add-a. When Jeb Bush gave a speech in Henderson Nevada that Gig attended during the primaries, he too said Nev-odd-a and was later criticized for it. Even Donald Trump says Nev-odd-a and says that is the correct way to say the state name and will not change.)
Senator Warren (D-MA): (laughing hysterically and patting Gig on his back and shoulders) Yes. But Nevadans have a right to call it whatever they want.
(She then continued speaking to Gig and patting him on the back and shoulder and laughing. Gig thinks she also went on to say something about supporting the ticket.)
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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7, 2014
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman, The Self Proclaimed “Happiest Mayor in the World” (Independent, former Democrat), 1999-Current, Downtown Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 29, 2010
Gig and Mayor Oscar Goodman have met a couple of times and during their second meeting, which Gig thinks these pictures were taken, they spoke about people and businesses that they both knew. Oscar and Gig were both born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and spoke about The Latin Casino, which was in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Gig’s father and Oscar both knew the owner. Gig would sit in the front row with his family and family friends for shows, and remembers seeing and speaking with Diana Ross while she was onstage, when he was a very young boy. She played The Dating Game with Gig and a girl at another front row table at her show. Gig said he must have been around 5-7 years old.
Gig is not sure, but he does not think he mentioned “Little” Nicky Scarfo’s name to Oscar. Oscar was the former attorney representing many “alleged” organized crime (mob) members including Little Nicky Scarfo. One of Oscar’s most notorious clients was reputed Chicago mobster Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro, who was known to have a short and violent temper. In the semi-factual 1995 movie Casino, the character of Nicky Santoro was based on Spilotro and was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci. Goodman had a cameo appearance in the film as himself while defending “Ace Rothstein”, a character closely based on Stardust Casino boss Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal and played by Robert De Niro.
Gig’s father told him that in Atlantic City, either the boss of the Philadelphia crime family “Little” Nicky Scarfo or his “employees”/”friends” i.e. captains or lieutenants, would push an envelope towards Gig’s father and say this is for you. They would also say that they could get Gig into the roofer’s union in Washington, D.C. while he was in college and knew college expenses were high and could be difficult for a parent. Gig’s father would push the envelope back and decline the envelope and union membership offer. It was never spoken, but Gig’s father knew there was cash in the envelope and that they would want something in return, especially from his position and power as the Chief Inspector of the New Jersey Athletic Boxing Commission. This was during a time that Atlantic City, New Jersey was the boxing capital of the world. Not Las Vegas as it is today.
This is the first time Gig has ever disclosed this information in a public forum. With the passing of time and circumstances Gig says he may begin to release additional information, and maybe write a book. Gig also says that if you lived in the Southern New Jersey or South Philadelphia area it was not uncommon to know people that were connected to the mob and that he himself has personal stories of people he met or was friendly with, that he may share in the future.
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Steve Evans, Las Vegas Planning Commissioner (appointed), Ward 3
Downtown Fremont St, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 29, 2010
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Stavros S. Anthony, Ph. D, Las Vegas Councilman (elected), Ward 4
Downtown Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 29, 2010
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Ricki Y. Barlow, Las Vegas Councilman (elected), Ward 5
Downtown Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 29, 2010
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Rory Reid (D), 2010 Nevada Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate, Clark County Commission Chairman and son of US Senator Harry Reid
Nevada Democratic Gubernatorial Campaign Rally, House of Blues, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 15, 2010
Update: Rory lost his bid to become the Nevada Governor.
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President Bill Clinton (D), and Rory Reid (D) for Governor campaign rally
House of Blues, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 15, 2010
Gig had an opportunity to meet with President Bill Clinton (D) on February 22, 2010 but chose not to. Gig says that his decision was not personal and had nothing to do with politics. In fact, Gig was and still is a supporter of the former President. Gig regrets his decision not to meet and says he would probably meet with any US President in the future should the opportunity present itself.
Update: Rory lost his bid to become the Nevada Governor.
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U.S. Senator from Nevada Harry Reid (D), Senate Majority Leader and Senior U.S. Senator, 1987 – 2017
The Arts Factory in The Arts District, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 3, 2010
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Rory Reid (D), 2010 Nevada Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, Clark County Commission Chairman and son of U.S. Senator Harry Reid from Nevada.
Chinese Creative Cultural Exchange, Brett Wesley Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 14, 2010
Update: Rory lost his bid to become the Nevada Governor.
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President Barack Obama (D) and Nevada U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D) not pictured
Aria Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2010
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U.S. Congressman from Texas Dr. Ron Paul (R), 2008 and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate and in 1988 the Libertarian Party nominee for President, Nevada Republican Party precinct chairman meeting, Suncoast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 15, 2008.
Update: Congressman Ron Paul lost his bid for the U.S Presidential Republican Party nomination.
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Gig’s father’s honorary doctorate ceremony with “relative” New Jersey Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) District 15 Mercer County 1998-2015 Update: In 2015 Bonnie Watson Coleman became the U.S. House Representative from New Jersey.
Thomas A. Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey, October 13, 2001
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Gig’s Father, King of Sweden and New Jersey Governor Tom Kean (R), April 14, 1988
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Mrs. Kean, King of Sweden, New Jersey Governor Tom Kean (R), Queen of Sweden and Trenton New Jersey Mayor, admiring the tribe’s gift, April 14, 1988
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Tom Kean, New Jersey Governor (R) and future Chairman of the 9/11 Commission at Gig’s father’s reservation. Gig is to the right of the Governor and Gig’s father is to the far right in traditional Native American clothing.
Rancocas, New Jersey, approximately 1983 or 1984
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President Jimmy Carter’s Wife Rosalynn Carter (D) with Gig’s father at The White House, Washington, DC, Gig’s father is pictured in the center, wearing a checkered suit, beside Rosalynn Carter, photo sent from:
Washington, DC
to Gig’s father’s office in Moorestown, New Jersey postmarked July 6, 1978