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Zach Wahls: “They cut taxes for billionaires like Elon Musk and then…”

Featuring: Zach Wahls, Democratic | Iowa Senate, District 43

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U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Zach Wahls speaks to reporters following forum 4/8/26

Published | Video Starts at 06:08

… the ability to contrast with Representative Henson, who, again, has been a rubber stamp for an agenda from the Trump White House that has been absolutely devastating for our state. They cut taxes for billionaires like Elon Musk and then turned around and cut investments in health care, in food assistance, in affordable energy. Right. So we have to be able to have that contrast. And it's going to be a hell of a lot easier to do it if you have somebody who doesn't know who the Democratic party bosses in D.C. a damn thing. (06:08–06:17)

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