The truth is, Las Vegas has always been more about spectacle than sport. I know. I'm from the place that once allowed casino maverick Bob Stupak to hire a man for $1 million to jump off the top of his Vegas World hotel.

Hyperbole aside, I understand commentary about data centers isn't actually commentary about data centers as a specific discrete point of discussion. It's commentary about artificial intelligence, which, in turn, is commentary about the tech industry.

It's pretty clear that Vance's goal wasn't to better understand those problems, but to exploit them. The region's problems have long been easily exploited by Democrats and Republicans alike — and they certainly were by Trump.