REPORT: O’Rourke goes after Warren on ‘punitive’ tax proposals

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Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) sparred with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) over her proposed “wealth tax” to pay for her sweeping policy proposals at the Democratic presidential debate in Ohio on Tuesday night, calling her proposed policies “punitive.”

O’Rourke, one of several candidates to question Warren’s and Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) more liberal proposals, which include “Medicare for All” and a tax on the wealthiest Americans, said Warren “sometimes … is more focused on being punitive or pitting one part of the country against the other instead of lifting people up.”

The article goes on to state the following:

“I’m really shocked than anyone thinks I’m punitive. I don’t have a beef with billionaires,” Warren responded.

O'ROURKE, on the wealth tax: 'I think it's part of the solution but I think we need to be focused on lifting people up, and sometimes I think that Senator Warren is more focused on being punitive.' #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/bbuAPCWeo3

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 16, 2019

Elizabeth Warren's plan for a wealth tax faced criticism from Beto O'Rourke, who called her "punitive."

"I’m really shocked at the notion that anyone thinks I’m punitive,” Warren responded. https://t.co/Ba4003ov0a pic.twitter.com/klKNCoawZk

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) October 16, 2019

WATCH: Beto O'Rourke gets Elizabeth Warren to say people won't see a tax increase. 🤥🤥🤥🤥 #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/zCO6ShpOan

— America Rising (@AmericaRising) October 16, 2019

Beto O’Rourke says a voter he met in Nevada needs to know if her taxes will go up.

“Warren said show me your budget, show me your tax plans and you’ll show me your values. She has yet to describe her tax plan and whether or not that person I met would see a tax increase.”

— Jeffrey Cook (@JeffreyCook) October 16, 2019

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