Harris Says She Aims To Make The Rich ‘Pay Their Fair Share’ While Uber Exec Brother-In-Law Courts Billionaire Donors

Vice President Kamala Harris’ brother-in-law and campaign adviser has led roundtables seeking policy perspectives from billionaire executives while she’s claimed she’d “make the wealthy pay their fair share,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

Tony West, Harris’ brother-in-law and chief legal officer at Uber, led a series of meetings in September at luxe New York City event venue Cipriani 42nd Street, convening with billionaire CEOs such as Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan and Brian Roberts of Comcast, the WSJ reported. Meanwhile, Harris has been touting her “New Way Forward” economic plan, which proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 28% in order to ensure “the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share in taxes,” and has even supported a wealth tax on Americans worth $100 million or more.

“I don’t begrudge West and the Harris campaign for trying to have 💼Business outreach going on,” Faiz Shakir, a longtime adviser to Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, told the WSJ. “But you don’t simultaneously see an outreach to those wanting to unrig the economy.”