RNC warns socialists push Democrats off cliff after DSA co-chair offers no tax rate

EXCLUSIVE — Republican National Committee (RNC) national spokesperson Natalie Baldassarre warned Sunday in a statement to Fox News Digital that socialists were steering Democrats toward political disaster after Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair Megan Romer failed Friday on "The New Yorker Radio Hour" to identify a rate or threshold for taxing millionaires, as the movement's primary gains intensify debate over what Democrats must defend in November."The Democrat Party is being driven off a cliff by socialists who are driving blindfolded while arguing about the view," Baldassarre said."Unless Democrats hit the brakes, every candidate on the ballot will have to answer for socialists’ outrageous beliefs that will bankrupt our country and strip every American of safety, sanity, and freedom," she added.Romer endorsed steep taxes on wealthy Americans during her interview with The New Yorker editor David Remnick, although she said she was more concerned about billionaires because she believed most had accumulated their wealth by exploiting workers.Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer did not specify a tax rate or threshold when pressed about the group’s plan to "tax the hell out of millionaires." (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)PROGRESSIVES WANT TO TAX BILLIONAIRES FIRST, AND YOU'RE NEXT ON THE LIST"I think most billionaires got their wealth because they exploited the working class in some very significant way usually," Romer said."Are we exploiting people is the bigger question, as opposed to some sort of arbitrary red line of you can have this much money or not have that much money.

But we do believe in taxing the hell out of millionaires, yeah, absolutely."When Remnick asked Romer to define what that policy would mean, she began responding without identifying a proposed tax rate, income cutoff or wealth threshold."Yeah, you know, again, I don’t have, like, a solid – " Romer said, before Remnick interrupted her."But shouldn’t you? I...

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