Donald Trump Speaks in Sparks Ahead of GOP Caucus

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in Sparks on Tuesday afternoon ahead of Nevada's GOP caucus. 

More than 3,000 supporters crowded inside the Nugget Casino Resort to hear him discuss issues like healthcare, Common Core education and last weekend's win in the South Carolina GOP primary. 

He also emphasized his experience as a businessman, talking about economic issues like trade, jobs and taxes. 

"We're gonna make our business stronger, better than ever. We're lowering taxes for businesses, big league. We pay the highest taxes in the world. I don't know if you know that."

He also re-enforced his position on illegal immigration and building a wall on the Mexican border. Despite that, he thinks he'll win the Hispanic vote in Nevada.

"First of all, they're here legally and they don't want their jobs taken away from them, and second of all, and more importantly, they know I'm going to bring jobs in."

Trump went on to say that national defense, and providing proper equipment to the military is a high priority. 

"We're going to get the stuff we want. We're going to make our military so big and so strong and so powerful, nobody, nobody is gonna mess with us."

The crowd liked what he had to say about the Second Amendment, and how it could prevent mass shootings like the one in Paris last fall.

"If one of you characters were in that room and you had your gun around your ankle or along your waist, it would have been a whole different story."

Lastly, he stressed caucus participation to his supporters during his one-hour long appearance. 

"Like at 5:30, today, you know where you're gonna be, right?"

Trump even briefly mentioned Jeb Bush's campaign, despite Bush dropping out of the presidential race last weekend.   

Trump, along with fellow Republican rivals Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson also campaigned in Northern Nevada ahead of the caucus. Former Ohio Governor John Kasich did not campaign in Nevada.  

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton won Saturday's Democratic caucus in Nevada, with Bernie Sanders finishing second place.