Statewide Iowa (RI) — Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is spending two days in Iowa campaigning with Zach Wahls, one of two Democrats campaigning for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat.
During a Sunday afternoon rally in Des Moines, Warren and Wahls talked about new taxes on wealthy Americans.
“I…want to stand beside Zach as we wade into the fight to say it is about time that billionaires and billionaire corporations pay their fair share,” Warren said, to cheers.
Warren has proposed a 2% tax on households with an annual income of over $50 million, plus an additional 1% tax on billionaires.
Wahls, who backed Warren in 2020 when she ran for president, has proposed a 5% annual tax on billionaires.
Wahls is a critic of Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader who he accuses of preferring his opponent, Josh Turek. He also criticized VoteVets, a political action committee running ads supporting Turek’s candidacy.
During the hour-long event, Warren and Walz drew cheers for vowing to target private equity firms that are buying houses, mobile home parks, hospitals, nursing homes, and farmland.
Wahls says the country faces an economic crisis he believes is directly connected to corruption in Washington and the power of monopolies.
The June 2nd Primary is 22 days away.
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