When Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer was asked to explain key positions of her own movement, the results were incredibly revealing.
In an interview with David Remnick of the New Yorker, Romer struggled to define what “taxing the hell out of millionaires” would actually mean in practice and defended positions on Israel that would effectively eliminate the Jewish state.
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“We do believe in taxing the hell out of millionaires,” Romer told Remnick.
“Well, what is taxing the hell out of them?” he asked.
“I don’t have like a solid —”
“But shouldn’t you?” he interrupted.
“I mean, if you’re the co-chair of the DSA, shouldn’t you be more specific than just taxing the hell out of something?” he asked. “What exactly do you mean?”
“So, again, it’s democracy, right?” she
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